Lola Versus
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: June 8, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
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8
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17
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerJun 8, 2012
Lola is, in other words, a believable heroine for our times. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldConnie OgleJun 21, 2012
This is a movie that manages to be light and funny and still transcend age, background and culture to treat with compassion our ability to behave in our own worst interests and still nurture hope for the future. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJun 6, 2012
Gerwig transforms the ordinary screenplay into something that is by turns charming, touching, and funny. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeJun 4, 2012
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. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanJun 6, 2012
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. Read full review
67
IndieWireEric KohnJun 4, 2012
Gerwig singlehanded carries this blithe, generally forgettable story. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyJun 14, 2012
At 24 minutes, Lola Versus might be a middling episode of a sitcom like "New Girl." At 87 minutes, it is a gracefully aimed arrow shot in the air. Where it lands, Wein and Lister Jones know not where. Read full review
63
New York PostSara StewartJun 7, 2012
Lola Versus, like Lena Dunham's show "Girls," brings an indie perspective and cast to this mainstream genre. In the more limited medium of film, this is a mixed bag. Read full review
60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottJun 22, 2012
Like the character at its center, Wein's film suffers from a certain sense of inertia, which is where Gerwig comes in. Read full review
60
Village VoiceKarina LongworthJun 5, 2012
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. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJun 4, 2012
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. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianShawn LevyJul 12, 2012
That strong presence in the center almost makes Lola Versus watchable even as it starts to get formulaic, preachy and tiresome. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJun 21, 2012
Lola Versus isn't a bad movie. It's just not a particularly noteworthy one. It's too self-consciously ... everything. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesJun 20, 2012
What's translated to film feels like a rough draft, with bullet points at beginning and end, demarcating Lola lost, Lola found. And in the middle? A vast, vague maw. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie PunterJun 14, 2012
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. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJun 14, 2012
Lister is quite funny and engaging. It's just too bad that some of that screenwriting wit couldn't have been shared with the movie's protagonist. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy BurrJun 14, 2012
A well-intentioned indie that tries to be a "real" version of a Hollywood romantic comedy and ends up feeling more ersatz than ever. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyJun 7, 2012
Here that soul-baring, soul-searching is the centerpiece of the film. Unfortunately, not much else about Lola Versus matches that standard. Read full review
50
TimeMary PolsJun 7, 2012
It is the movie's uneven writing-half funny and daring, half punishing and senseless-that proves to be Lola's biggest opponent. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubScott TobiasJun 6, 2012
Take Lola Versus, a Greta Gerwig vehicle that feels like a pilot awaiting pick-up from a network that doesn't exist. Read full review
40
Total FilmJames MottramJul 19, 2012
You'd think Greta Gerwig's bones were hurting, so achingly hip is this irritating New York indie. Read full review
40
The New York TimesA.O. ScottJun 7, 2012
In spite of its scruffy look and slack pacing, it often rings as false as any of the big, shiny and soft studio rom-coms (starring Kate Hudson or Katherine Heigl, say) of the last decade. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJun 7, 2012
Don't be fooled by the indie trappings: despite its downtown vibe, Lola Versus is as clichéd as any Hollywood rom-com. Read full review
40
Time OutKeith UhlichJun 5, 2012
Gerwig is plenty charming, considering the rote stuff she has to work with. Yet this still feels like a real devolution - hopefully short-lived - after her distinctively eccentric turns in "Greenberg" and "Damsels in Distress." Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineDavid EhrlichJun 4, 2012
Lola Versus arrives with a pedigree that suggests it should be better than it sounds. It isn't. Read full review
38
Washington PostAnn HornadayJun 14, 2012
Gerwig remains one of the most captivating new stars to hit the big screen, but she's still looking for a movie that deserves her. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerJun 4, 2012
A year in the life of a young woman unhappy in love and uncertain in career, Lola Versus could easily be faulted for the narrowness of its worldview. Read full review
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