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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliGerwig transforms the ordinary screenplay into something that is by turns charming, touching, and funny.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanGerwig 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.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeConvincing 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.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceMore 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.
- 42The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasTake Lola Versus, a Greta Gerwig vehicle that feels like a pilot awaiting pick-up from a network that doesn't exist.
- Lola Versus arrives with a pedigree that suggests it should be better than it sounds. It isn't.
- 40Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichGerwig 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."
- 25Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerA 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.