LOLA

Name: LOLA
Genre: Sci-Fi, War
Released: August 4, 2023
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 67
Cast: Aaron Monaghan, Ayvianna Snow, Emma Appleton, Hugh O'Conor, Philip Condron

2023

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Dark Sky Films | Release Date: August 4, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Aaron Monaghan, Ayvianna Snow, Emma Appleton, Hugh O'Conor, Philip Condron, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Shaun Boylan, Stefanie Martini

Summary: In 1941 England, two sisters invent a machine that intercepts broadcasts from the future. With World War II dawning, they use it to change history.

Director: Andrew Legge

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, War

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 79 min

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Noel Murray

Aug 4, 2023

Even with all the metaphysical mayhem, the movie remains rooted in the lives and attitudes of its characters, and in the magnetic performances of Martini and Appleton. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Aug 4, 2023

Shot on film, using vintage equipment, the picture has a scrappy, tactile quality, its ghostly black-and-white images scratched and scorched. Meanwhile, Neil Hannon’s smartly used score envisages a chilling authoritarian future for pop music. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Aug 8, 2022

The genius of Legge’s design, and why his debut works as more than just a cute little curio despite its thinness, is that it mines a sneaky emotionality from the bedrock of the film-within-a-film structure. Read full review

The Film Stage Rory O'Connor

Aug 4, 2023

The most interesting thing about Lola is what Legge achieves with such economy—it feels kind of big at times. Read full review

Fionnuala Halligan

Aug 4, 2023

The imbalance between the sketched, what-if nature of the film and the weight of its visual wizardry is keenly felt. Read full review

The Guardian Phuong Le

Aug 4, 2023

Despite beings shaky in terms of tone – as well with its occasionally obtrusive handheld camera movements – Lola impresses with its refreshing blend of analogue and digital flourishes. Read full review

Kaleem Aftab

Aug 29, 2024

There’s much to admire here, but with Legge’s keen eye for the technical side of cinema stronger than his narrative impulses, LOLA ultimately has to go down as an ambitious failure. Read full review

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mspurgeon

Aug 4, 2023

The movie is on the shorter side. Interesting concept and overall enjoyed the story. Worth giving it a chance.

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