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- 2014
- R
- A24
- 1 h 39 m
- 2014
- R
- A24
- 1 h 39 m
Summary Having spent her twenties comfortably inert, 28 year old Megan (Keira Knightley) reaches a crisis when she finds herself squarely in adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to pursue any and no one to relate to, including her high school boyfriend (Mark Webber). When he proposes, Megan panics and given an opportunit...
Directed By: Lynn Shelton
Written By: Andrea Seigel
- 2014
- R
- A24
- 1 h 39 m
- 2014
- R
- A24
- 1 h 39 m
Laggies
63
6.6
Where to Watch
Summary Having spent her twenties comfortably inert, 28 year old Megan (Keira Knightley) reaches a crisis when she finds herself squarely in adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to pursue any and no one to relate to, including her high school boyfriend (Mark Webber). When he proposes, Megan panics and given an opportunit...
Directed By: Lynn Shelton
Written By: Andrea Seigel
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
20 Reviews
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38% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
63
63% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
38% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Shelton's comedy isn't just smart, but cheerfully wise; not just funny, but cleverly and endlessly so.
For the most part, Laggies offers an engaging portal into the life of an appealingly confused 28-year old who doesn't have all the answers and isn't afraid to admit it. Coming-of-age stories, it seems, needn't be limited to teenagers.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 69 User Ratings
6.6
52% Positive
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
39% Mixed
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
9% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 69 User Ratings
6.6
52% Positive
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
39% Mixed
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
9% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
Keira Knightley's performance is absolutely stunning! All of her reactions towards the situation are real and very sincere. You can touch it from the very first moment till the end. Although the plot is easily be predicted, this movie has great elements mixing together that make me badly miss my friends and high school life.
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We basically know where Laggies is headed; the film is a soft, straight, easy pitch down the middle, story-wise. And it’s a light movie: You won’t get a particularly profound look at adults who act like kids from it.
Laggies possesses irrepressible cheer, optimism and an innate sense of ease that often go missing in angstier productions loosely organized under “Aging, fear of.” Unlike its sometimes annoyingly wishy-washy heroine, this is a movie that knows just where it’s going, and finds joy in the journey.
This is a nice movie. It’s frisky and cheerful, even when tears are on the way. But it isn’t a very good movie, mainly because, like its heroine, it’s reluctant to make up its mind about what it wants to be.
Its patchy tone, plot, characters and sympathies make for a film that’s difficult to wholeheartedly endorse.
As Laggies piles up one scene after another of Megan’s boyfriend and all her old high-school chums acting exaggeratedly square, the movie’s comic point of view becomes overpoweringly sour and predictable.
A deep, sensitive look at the struggles of early adulthood and the relationships made along that journey. Keira Knightley gives another remarkable performance as a young lady with inner confusion. Sam Rockwell and Chloe Grace Moretz ain't half bad either.
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Scenario is kind of weak. It wants to tell something but telling it hastily. But it has some upsides like the cast and honestly the best thing about this film is Sam Rockwell.
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LAGGIES perfectly symbolizes everything right and wrong with the current indie film scene. On the one hand, the film, like others including JUNO, THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT, ENOUGH SAID, and FRANCES HA, capture the feel and sound of modern American life. They capture us now. The complexity, the selfishness, the difficulties, but mostly the sound and rhythm of urban America for a certain class. They even throw their protagonists so many obstacles that a person could just break down and die or worse, live a miserable life like a Cassavetes character. Unfortunately, and here's the rub, LAGGIES like the other films mentioned can't resist a Hollywood cliche or a happy Hollywood ending. It's shameful and feels like pandering, which is what it is. LAGGIES has so much going for it that the end with its tidy little bow kind of pissed me off.
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Production Company
Anonymous Content,
BR Capital Group,
Merced Media Partners,
PalmStar Media,
PenLife Media,
Siren Digital - Hollywood,
Solution Entertainment Group
Release Date Oct 24, 2014
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating R
Tagline A comedy about acting your age and other adult decisions
Awards
Tacoma Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 1 Nomination
