Overview
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.
I really enjoyed this movie much more than I did many of other Gerwig’s other indie roles. I think the difference here is that Zoe Lister-Jones wrote the script, and she brought her own quirks to the script. Not everything worked, of course, but I thought the story was rather unique.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Lola Versus
Movie title: Lola Versus
Movie description: 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.
Date published: 2025-05-12
Director(s): Daryl Wein
Actor(s): Greta Gerwig, Joel Kinnaman, Zoe Lister-Jones, Hamish Linklater, Bill Pullman, Debra Winger, Maria Dizzia, Jonathan Sale, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Adriane Lenox, Ray Iannicelli, Kathryn Kates, Jay Pharoah, Cheyenne Jackson, Kena Onyenjekwe, Jeanine Moss, Micah Joe Parker, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Bill Kocis, Izzy Ruiz, John Tobias, Victor Cruz, Sándor Técsy, Rob Yang
Genre: Comedy
My Review
I really enjoyed this movie much more than I did many of other Gerwig’s other indie roles. I think the difference here is that Zoe Lister-Jones wrote the script, and she brought her own quirks to the script. Not everything worked, of course, but I thought the story was rather unique.
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My Review - 7/10
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