{"id":3742,"date":"2012-09-08T07:55:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T14:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=3742"},"modified":"2012-09-08T07:55:59","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T14:55:59","slug":"lola-versus-available-on-blu-raydvd-september-11th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=3742","title":{"rendered":"Lola Versus available on Blu-ray\/DVD September 11th"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFor the most part, \u201cLola Versus\u201d plays the standard elements of a Romantic Comedy by the numbers. You have your Quirky Girl looking for love, the Heartbreaking Boyfriend, the \u201cIs He Really the One?\u201d Guy and the Even Quirkier Best Friend who runs around the movie saying just the funniest things.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What saves the film from becoming the normal pap is that each of these roles are embodied by interesting, fresh faces who breathes some life into their characters. \u201cLola Versus\u201d was co-written by the woman taking on the Even Quirkier Best Friend role, Zoe Lister Jones, and she provides plenty of micro rants to keep things alive. The real reason to watch here is Lola herself, Greta Gerwig, who is one of Hollywood\u2019s current It List ladies. She is gleaming presence whose interesting delivery allows \u201cLola Versus\u201d to become something better than just a Hipster variation of \u201cSex in the City\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is in New York City where we meet Lola who has just turned 29 and is beginning the next phase (The Grown Up Phase) in life. Her handsome and sensitive boyfriend Luke (Joel Kinnaman) has purposed. Wedding dresses, dinner menu planning and expensive flower purchases follow. Lola is floating as she totes her two best friends, Alice (Lister Jones) and Henry (Hamish Linklater), around the city as an excited bride-to-be. Then Luke pulls out. Conflict. And Lola must pick up the shattered remains.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Does she date Henry? They are a perfect match. Or does she go for Nick (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), the soft spoken idiot with the huge penis? Maybe that penis is too huge. Then, of course, Luke may come crawling back and blah and blah. The real question is will Alice ever shut up?<\/strong>
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\n Like I said, standard Rom-Com action but it is interesting enough to keep you watching and laughing. \u201cLola Versus\u201d does run out of steam before the end credits but the wrap up is nice with a new angle to who we are meant to be with sometimes in life. The film is sprinkled with jabs at the Eat Local\/Sustainable sources\/New Hippie-Hipster lifestyle that make it feel modern. Actually I don\u2019t know if they are abdicating or praising this way of life but I do know I laughed when Nick asked Lola if her salmon was wild caught. Don\u2019t worry about my fish, Nick.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One quick side notes. The DVD cover boasts “From the Studio that brought you “500 Days of Summer” comes…. What the hell does that have to do with anything? Every time Paramount releases a movie, why don’t they tagline “From the studio that brought you “The Godfather”? Might as well.<\/p>\n

Skimpy SPECIAL FEATURES:<\/strong>
\n – Outtakes<\/strong>
\n – Commentary with filmmakers Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones<\/strong>
\n – Theatrical trailer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre: Comedy<\/strong>
\n Budget: ???<\/strong>
\n Gross: $253 thousand<\/strong>
\n Distributor: Fox Searchlight<\/strong>
\n Directed by: Daryl Wein<\/strong>
\n Starring: Greta Gerwig, Zoe Lister Jones, Hamish Linklater<\/strong>
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