Dumped by her boyfriend just three weeks before their wedding, Lola enlists her close friends for a series of adventures she hopes will help her come to terms with approaching 30 as a single woman.
Winsome as ever, Gerwig ensures this insubstantial but occasionally charming rom-com is likeable, even if it packs all the punch of a cream puff.
Poorly written, clichéd and almost impossible to invest any real empathy in any of the characters.
Directed/co-written by Daryl Wein, the dialogue zips (“find your spirit animal and ride it ’till its dick falls off”), and Gerwig charms, but the laughs fall flat under the incessant naval-gazing.
Lola versus…the audience. Or versus anyone who wants a couple of hours in the cinema without screaming in pure irritation.
The narrow plot it tills between self-pity and self-absorption (very New York) becomes an awful drag and an actor as talented as Gerwig really shouldn't have to do so much whining.
While Lola has a faintly charming childlike artlessness to her, it’s a pity there are so few laughs for what’s alleged to be a comedy.
Lola Versus has its amusing lines, but the dialogue is nowhere near as clever as it thinks, and even Gerwig's goofy appeal wears off after you've watched her moping for an hour.
The producer, Michael London, has been associated with some rather good films, but this is not one of them.
Lola Versus' one saving grace is Greta Gerwig, who really deserves to be getting better, more grown up material at this point in her career.
If Lola Versus is about a woman floundering, as a film it can be accused of the same.
General release. Check local listings for show times.