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LOLA

2022

Andrew Legge

Emma Appleton, Stefanie Martini, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Hugh O'Conor ...

6.4

1,076

Sci-Fi England, 1941, sisters Thomasina and Martha have created a machine that can intercept broadcasts from the future. This delightful apparatus allows them to explore their inner punk a generation before the movement comes into existence. But with World War II escalating, the sisters decide to use the machine as a weapon of intelligence, with world-altering consequences.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"Known as a visually inventive talent through his acclaimed short films, Andrew Legge keeps his reputation intact with his debut feature (...) 'LOLA' is conceptually sharp"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"An immensely clever and resourceful micro-budget movie about time-travel in the tradition of 'La Jetée', 'Primer', and last year’s loopy Japanese wonder 'Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes'"	POS
United Kingdom	Phuong Le The Guardian	"[It] tells intriguing time-travel fable (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Kaleem Aftab Time Out	"'LOLA''s mixed up, muddled up, shook up world looks good but is in search of coherence (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"An alternate WWII sci-fi drama (...) the magnetic performances of Martini and Appleton"	POS
United Kingdom	Kevin Harley Radio Times	"Touching on themes of freedom and responsibility, 'Lola' is a fable of causality and consequence that is executed with bracing ingenuity (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Brian Lloyd entertainment.ie	"Fiendishly smart, 'Lola' is a weird and wonderful tear through the timelines (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Kevin Maher The Times	"And though the time-travelling paradoxes produce enormous plot holes and lapses of logic, Legge somehow scrappily, often clumsily, makes it work (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
Ireland	Donald Clarke Irish Times	"Impressive debut film from Irish director destined for cult status (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Paul Whitington Irish Independent	"Andrew Legge's imaginative and experimental feature commits itself admirably to an outlandish idea, and skilfully weaves black and white found footage into an intriguing, playful movie (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
	Muriel Del Don Cineuropa	"With elegance and a healthy dose of humour, 'LOLA' pays tribute to film, to moving images as a repository of worlds in the making which materialise as if by magic right before our eyes"	POS

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