Subject: Puts the ‘tic’ in romantic Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:21 am
On the surface, the amusing and occasionally insightful “Lola Versus” is about a young New Yorker (Greta Gerwig) on the verge of turning 30 who’s unceremoniously dumped by her fiancé shortly before their wedding. But what it’s stealthily about, I think, is the sidekick-ification of the singleton. As Lola’s best friend Alice, the engaging Zoe Lister-Jones (also co-screenwriter, with director Daryl Wein) is always available with a quip, an uplifting mantra or ice cream, ready to both soothe and stoke Lola’s fears about plunging into the deep dark pit of the dating world. (Exhibit A: Alice’s Match.com user name is “LetMeBeYourHole_1,” as the original is taken.)
