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Lola Versus

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Just three weeks before her wedding, Lola (Greta Gerwig) finds herself suddenly without a partner when her longtime fiancé, 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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Critics Consensus

It's fun to see Greta Gerwig mature her acting career but Lola Versus -- with its unpleasant characters and completely familiar script -- does not succeed as her first major leading role.

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Chase Whale Film.com 11/08/2013
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. Go to Full Review Robbie Collin Daily Telegraph (UK) 07/22/2012
2/5
[An] hour and a half of wearisome quirk and smut... Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian 07/19/2012
2/5
Gerwig's dreamy style worked in Whit Stillman's Damsels in Distress, because the movie created an eco-system of oddity in which that style could thrive. But here it just grates. Go to Full Review Jason Best Movie Talk 12/15/2020
For all Gerwig's undoubted charisma, Lola Versus too often resembles an extended episode of Friends without the laughs. Go to Full Review Sarah Gopaul Digital Journal 09/08/2018
Lola Versus is a smart comedy propelled by the chemistry of two entertaining actors. Go to Full Review Eleanor Ringel Cater Saporta Report (Atlanta) 08/30/2017
If nothing else, it gives you a welcome injection of Manhattan, without the cost of the plane and the hotel or even the No. 5 bus. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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steve d @RT35616104 12/08/2022 The script is simply OK, but Gerwig is as great as ever. See more 05/04/2021 The film has its own poetry, the comedy part is subtle. All the actors' performances are cohesive. See more lanfranco c @Lanfrancobz 06/30/2020 She is really a complicated girl. See more 08/18/2017 Complètement ridicule comme film... boring boring, la fille fait Les mêmes erreurs, Elle est juste conne finalement. Rien d'extraordinaire, mais vraiment rien. See more 07/31/2016 Such a god damn irritating movie!!!! Just another New York film that thinks its so clever and so observant when its just modern and biased bullshit. The characters are annoying, the performances are way below decent, the writing is boring and familiar and the direction is terribly bland. When this movie wanted to be funny I wasn't amused... when this movie wanted to be taken seriously I rolled my eyes and when this movie wanted to be thought provoking I was thinking about how long I have to watch as many episodes of Gavin and Stacey as possible to wash out the bad taste that Lola Versus smashed on to my tongue within the first 10 minutes of the film. See more 11/17/2015 A just-okay movie that tries too hard, but worth a watch if you enjoy Greta Gerwig. See more Read all reviews
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Daryl Wein

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Greta Gerwig

Lola

Joel Kinnaman

Luke

Zoe Lister Jones

Alice

Hamish Linklater

Henry

Bill Pullman

Lenny

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Synopsis Just three weeks before her wedding, Lola (Greta Gerwig) finds herself suddenly without a partner when her longtime fiancé, 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.
Director
Daryl Wein
Producer
Michael London, Jocelyn Hayes Simpson, Janice Williams
Screenwriter
Daryl Wein, Zoe Lister Jones
Distributor
Fox Searchlight
Production Co
Groundswell Productions
Rating
R (Language|Drug Use|Sexuality)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 8, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$251.9K
Runtime
1h 26m
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