Despite the efforts of “Lola Versus” to be a quirky romantic comedy, the humdrum script and the lack of direction for its characters leaves an underwhelming aftertaste.
Twenty-nine-year-old Lola (Greta Gerwig) seems to have everything falling in place: She is recently engaged to her longtime boyfriend Luke (Joel Kinnaman), is soon to receive her graduate degree in literature, and is surrounded by her best friends Henry (Hamish Linklater) and Alice (Zoe Lister-Jones).
Luke dumps Lola just weeks before the wedding, blaming the overwhelming planning Devastated, Lola finds herself grieving and coping by testing different relationships while trying to piece herself back together now that her life has crumbled into a mess.
Things get even more complicated when she turns to Henry for comfort, who happens to be in love with her and is a “mutual friend” of Luke’s, thus crossing their social circles and intensifying their issues.
