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Lola Versus

  • 20122012
  • 14A14A
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
8.8K
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POPULARITY
12,544
5,190
Greta Gerwig in Lola Versus (2012)
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.
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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... Read allDumped 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.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.
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
8.8K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
12,544
5,190
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    • Director
      • Daryl Wein
    • Writers
      • Zoe Lister-Jones
      • Daryl Wein
    • Stars
      • Greta Gerwig
      • Zoe Lister-Jones
      • Hamish Linklater
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Daryl Wein
    • Writers
      • Zoe Lister-Jones
      • Daryl Wein
    • Stars
      • Greta Gerwig
      • Zoe Lister-Jones
      • Hamish Linklater
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 27User reviews
    • 97Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Hamish Linklater, Daryl Wein, and Greta Gerwig in Lola Versus (2012)
    Zoe Lister-Jones and Greta Gerwig in Lola Versus (2012)
    Joel Kinnaman and Greta Gerwig in Lola Versus (2012)
    Joel Kinnaman in Lola Versus (2012)
    Joel Kinnaman and Greta Gerwig in Lola Versus (2012)
    Greta Gerwig in Lola Versus (2012)
    Zoe Lister-Jones and Greta Gerwig in Lola Versus (2012)
    Hamish Linklater and Greta Gerwig in Lola Versus (2012)
    Zoe Lister-Jones and Greta Gerwig in Lola Versus (2012)
    Zoe Lister-Jones and Greta Gerwig in Lola Versus (2012)
    Hamish Linklater and Greta Gerwig in Lola Versus (2012)
    Joel Kinnaman and Greta Gerwig in Lola Versus (2012)

    Top cast

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    Greta Gerwig
    Greta Gerwig
    • Lola
    Zoe Lister-Jones
    Zoe Lister-Jones
    • Alice
    Hamish Linklater
    Hamish Linklater
    • Henry
    Joel Kinnaman
    Joel Kinnaman
    • Luke
    Bill Pullman
    Bill Pullman
    • Lenny
    Debra Winger
    Debra Winger
    • Robin
    Maria Dizzia
    Maria Dizzia
    • Woman Subletter
    Jonathan Sale
    Jonathan Sale
    • Fantasy Bar Guy
    Ebon Moss-Bachrach
    Ebon Moss-Bachrach
    • Nick
    • (as Ebon Moss Bachrach)
    Adriane Lenox
    Adriane Lenox
    • Professor
    Ray Iannicelli
    Ray Iannicelli
    • Man at Restaurant
    Kathryn Kates
    Kathryn Kates
    • Woman at Restaurant
    Jay Pharoah
    Jay Pharoah
    • Randy
    Cheyenne Jackson
    Cheyenne Jackson
    • Roger
    Kena Onyenjekwe
    • Henry's Band
    • (as Kena Anae)
    Jeanine Moss
    • Henry's Band
    Micah Joe Parker
    Micah Joe Parker
    • Henry's Band
    Parisa Fitz-Henley
    Parisa Fitz-Henley
    • Peggy
    • Director
      • Daryl Wein
    • Writers
      • Zoe Lister-Jones
      • Daryl Wein
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The film's title is a nod to Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One, the eighth studio album by British rock band The Kinks, recorded and released in 1970.
    • Goofs
      In the scene right after Lola chooses her wedding dress Luke is cooking and takes a pan off the stove serve some food. After putting the pan down on a low table in front of Lola he turns back to the stove and another pan has appeared on the stove.
    • Quotes

      Lola: Everyone always says, "to love someone else, you have to learn, how to love yourself". But I don't know, after this year, I don't think that's true. I think to love yourself, you have to learn how to love other people.

    • Connections
      References The Godfather (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      Would You Take It
      Performed by Vex Ruffin

      Written by Ryan Afrika

      Courtesy of Boulder Heave

      Under license from Stones Throw Records

      By arrangement with Lip Sync Music, Inc.

    User reviews27

    Review
    Top review
    Breaking up is hard to do.
    "I learned everything I know about being a woman from 90210." Lola (Greta Gerwig)

    To watch Greta Gerwig play the eponymous Lola dealing with the cancellation of her wedding 3 weeks before the event by her cold-footed boyfriend, Luke (Joel Kinneman), is to watch a young, already accomplished actress deftly play a doctoral student navigating the emotional potholes of breaking up.

    Gerwig is worth the watching while the rest of the film meanders in and out of almost-unconnected episodes with some wit and some clichés. She is so convincingly lost among the ruins of her life that she is believable even when the setups are not. Indeed, it's Gerwig who propels the film, not the uneven scrip of director Daryl Wein and his collaborator, Zoe Lister-Jones.

    The film is punctuated by make-up, casual, and silly sex as she finds her way out of depression. To help her is the usual rom-com girlfriend, Alice (Lister-Jones), whose wisecracking ("I gotta go wash my Vagina") helps add comic relief to Lola's melancholic life.

    Amid Lola's experimentation with her ex's best friend, Henry (Hamish Linklater), and a pickup, Nick (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), at a fish store are random thoughts about finding the right love or going back to the old love. It's a rather tedious conflict that could be rehashed from some soap and not reflective of HBO's gritty "Girls," if I hear right about the TV sitcom.

    It's not that Lola Versus is unreal; on the contrary it is an authentic take on the vagaries of breaking up. However, with as few witty lines and imaginative encounters, it doesn't elevate the argument or provide insight into the anguish and remedies that usually accompany a study of this universal experience.

    I would much rather have explored the interesting lives of Lola's loose parents (Lenny and Robin, played by Bill Pullman and Debra Winger) or the challenges of her dissertation on silence in novels. Maybe that's what Lola Versus needs—silence.
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    15
    • jdesando
    • Jun 7, 2012

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 8, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La Vie de Lola
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Groundswell Productions
      • Mister Lister Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $252,603
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $31,815
      • Jun 10, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $455,754
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Datasat
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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