Unfashionable today but clever and captivating in its startling monochrome imagery.
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05/24/03
Lola (1961)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:19
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.1/10
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... [More]
Starring: Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Elina Labourdette
Director: Jacques Demy
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Reviews for Lola
Free-flowing debut feature from French director Jacques Demy who, with his wife, director Agnes Varda, flourished during the New Wave.
11/15/01
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
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 CriticDemy 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
A delightfully melancholy romance of coincidence, starring European film's epitome of sophisticated sexuality.
03/14/02
Top CriticAn early Demy prize, lighting the way to his masterpiece The Young Girls of Rochefort.
09/03/02
Pleasantly conceived romantic roundelay.
12/13/03
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 CriticNo review available.
07/01/05
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
Aimée is reason enough to catch this import.
04/12/02
Top CriticJacques 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
Has a springy, musical quality to it.
04/12/02
Jacques Demy's first and in some ways best feature, shot in exquisite black-and-white 'Scope by Raoul Coutard, is among the most neglected major works of the French New Wave.
01/01/00
Top CriticNo review available.
12/23/02
It is an undeniably thin story altogether, but Lola skates by on endless amounts of charm.
04/12/02
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
Intuited rather than explained & felt rather than understood.
02/17/08
Legrand's score bubbles up under the most banal interactions.
11/13/01
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