Just three weeks before her wedding, Lola (Greta Gerwig) finds herself suddenly without a partner when her longtime fiance, Luke (Joel Kinnaman), dumps her. With her 30th birthday looming and being forced to re-enter the New York City dating scene, she feels adrift in a cold world. She leans on her friends (Zoe Lister-Jones, Hamish Linklater) for support but, after a series of romantic humiliations, professional blunders and boozy antics, Lola realizes that she alone is in charge of her fate.
There's a Fitzgeraldian sense of generational malaise in all of this, but "Lola Versus" is convinced that it's hilarious.
– Rafer Guzman,
Newsday,
15 Jun 2012
fresh:
Lola Versus is all Greta all the time, a bonanza for fans and proof that Gerwig's easy offbeat charm, obvious smarts and physical comedy gifts can carry a film.
– Jennie Punter,
Globe and Mail,
15 Jun 2012
fresh:
An extremely smart, exquisitely funny film about finding yourself amid the clang and clutter of contemporary life.
– Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
21 Jun 2012
rotten:
It's such a mopey, navel-gazing affair that even Gerwig has a hard time saving it.
– Bill Goodykoontz,
Arizona Republic,
21 Jun 2012
fresh:
LOLA VERSUS puts the fun in dysfunctional love and is what happens when you shake life up a little bit and let it fall out of your hands.