Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Greta GerwigLola
- Joel KinnamanLuke
- Zoe Lister-JonesAlice
- Hamish LinklaterHenry
- Bill PullmanLenny
- Debra WingerRobin
- Maria DizziaWoman Subletter
- Jonathan SaleFantasy Bar Guy
- Ebon Moss-BachrachNick
- Adriane LenoxProfessor
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ReelViews
Gerwig transforms the ordinary screenplay into something that is by turns charming, touching, and funny. - 70
Variety
It's one girl against the world in Lola Versus, a snappy yet sincere romantic comedy that begins where others end, with the proposal and wedding plans pointing toward happily ever after. - 67
IndieWire
Gerwig singlehanded carries this blithe, generally forgettable story. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Gerwig is adorable, but that's both good and bad, as the movie can't stop cuing us to see that Lola's winsomeness will rescue her. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Convincing in its depiction of late-20s romantic anxiety (if not of that age bracket's real estate realities), it is broadly appealing without bowing too deeply to formula. - 60
Village Voice
More than subverting or satirizing the modern lady-in-crisis movie, he has made a big, broad stoner comedy, shot and performed naturalistically, from a woman's point of view. Narratively, it's not a huge shock where the film ultimately goes, but there are a number of fun surprises along the way. - 42
The A.V. Club
Take Lola Versus, a Greta Gerwig vehicle that feels like a pilot awaiting pick-up from a network that doesn't exist. - 40
Boxoffice Magazine
Lola Versus arrives with a pedigree that suggests it should be better than it sounds. It isn't.