It is offbeat, with shafts of tender feeling and truth. But trying to touch on too many subjects makes the film uneven.
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08/12/08
Lola (1961)
86 %
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Reviews Counted: 22
Fresh: 19
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Theatrical Release: Nov 16, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: A complex choreography of chance encounters, resurrected loves, and youthful yearnings lies at the heart of Jacques Demy's first film, LOLA. Filmed in soft and evocative black and white, this romantic take on French New Wave malaise... [More]
Starring: Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Elina Labourdette
Director: Jacques Demy
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Reviews for Lola
Top Critic
Very beautifully shot, in widescreen and luminous black-and-white, it is also formally astonishing, with all the minor characters serving as variations on the central couple.
06/24/06
If Lola is not a masterwork, its general polish and intent augur a bright future for the 31-year-old Mr. Demy.
05/09/05
Top Critic Before he gained renown with The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Demy made his feature debut with a prequel of sorts, which was his elegant homage to the films of Max Ophuls.
09/23/04
Jacques Demy’s 1961 classic Lola is a breathtaking reminder of what magic in the movies used to mean. It's pure enchantment.
01/27/04
Unfashionable today but clever and captivating in its startling monochrome imagery.
05/24/03
An early Demy prize, lighting the way to his masterpiece The Young Girls of Rochefort.
09/03/02
Top Critic An ode to yearning and enchantment -- a valentine to France, to beautiful women, to the foolish but delicious notions of romance that we receive from Hollywood.
04/12/02
Top Critic It is an undeniably thin story altogether, but Lola skates by on endless amounts of charm.
04/12/02
A delightfully melancholy romance of coincidence, starring European film's epitome of sophisticated sexuality.
03/14/02
Top Critic There is something gentle and elusive going on here, and you should catch the movie at long last even if you've seen it before.
11/28/01
Top Critic Demy is best known stateside for his wondrous musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, but some consider this, his debut feature, to be his best work.
11/16/01
Free-flowing debut feature from French director Jacques Demy who, with his wife, director Agnes Varda, flourished during the New Wave.
11/15/01
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