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LOL

EMAILPRINTWashington Square Films

LOL reviews
63
4.0 User Score:

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Based on 5 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Kevin Bewersdorf
Joe Swanberg
C. Mason Wells

Directed by: Joe Swanberg

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 23, 2006
DVD: August 28, 2007

Running Time: 81 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Joe Swanberg, C. Mason Wells, Kevin Bewersdorf, Brigid Reagan, Tipper Newton, Greta Gerwig, and Kate Winterich

Alex, Tim, and Chris view the women in their lives through the dimensions of a computer screen or the lens of a camera-phone, as they struggle to balance their online fantasies and addictions with the demands of real life. This up-to-the-second feature intimately explores masculinity in the new millennium, a time when young men are trying to decipher the mixed messages of modern relationships and technology. Featuring a nonprofessional cast, video contributions from people all over the world, and original music by lead actor Kevin Bewersdorf, this funny and thoughtful film offers an honest portrait of how the latest tools of communication can either help us click or turn us off.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

80

Film Threat Don R. Lewis

For non-actors, everyone in this film really pulls their character off extremely well.

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75

New York Post V.A. Musetto

Joe Swanberg - who directed, edited, lensed, co-wrote and played one of the lovelorn characters - has done wonders with a nothing budget and a personable cast of nonprofessional actors. For viewers so disposed, there are several arty shots of nude women.

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63

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Scruffy, loosely structured and piercingly perceptive about the ways in which technology that supposedly brings people together actually keeps them apart.

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60

The New York Times Nathan Lee

Authentic in texture if narrow in scope, LOL is a movie about the way we live -- or rather about the way white, urban, heterosexual circuit boys are failing to live.

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50

Village Voice Joshua Land

The characters are a bit too OCD for LOL to work as the definitive commentary on technology and human relationships that it strives to be...But the movie is unusually attentive to the ironies of communications technology.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 4.0 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jimmy P. gave it a2:
One of the worst films I have ever seen. Horrid cast, cheapscape plot and even worse scenes. I can't tell you how bad it is!

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