‘LOL’ is a coming of age chick flick staring Miley Cyrus as
Lola (also known as LOL to her friends.) It follows Lola and her friends in
their quest to grow up and find love. Recently heartbroken, when her ex cheated
on her, Lola begins to realize that her long time best friend Kyle, played by
British actor Douglas Booth, might be the one for her. It shows us the
complicated life of teens and the extent they go to in order to pretend they
don’t care.
The writer Lisa Azuelos has adapted her 2008 French hit ‘LOL:
Laughing out Loud’ for the American viewers and she has kept some of the
traditional French features, for example, families openly bathing in front of each other, adults smoking
marijuana and a school trip to Paris. She has also added some more American factors
for example texts and status updates pop up on the screen for the now more
technical age.
Although sometimes over-acting in her tantrums Miley Cyrus
brings her charm and likability to the role and acts out the complicated life
well. However she does not have a lot to work with, the script shows teenagers
to be sex obsessed and smoking pot constantly; It also shows teenagers to be
obsessed with their own problems and although Anne, Lola’s mother (Demi Moore,)
and her friends dinner parties give us a break from this, again they only seem
to talk about their problems and their sexual wants.
Demi Moore plays a parent trying to be the perfect single mum
while in a love triangle with the father of her children (her ex-husband) and
Jeremy (Jean-Luc Bilodeau) a police man who gave her a lift home when her heel
broke. Moore successfully sheds her usual ‘sexy look’ and becomes a tired looking
woman and it is easy to believe that she is a single mum running around after
three children.
The cast have believable chemistry especially Cyrus, Ashley
Hinshaw ( Emily) and Lina Esco (Janice) they make you believe that they have
been best friends for years they interact with each other like real best
friends. Demi Moore and Miley Cyrus also have great chemistry and because of
their great acting it is easy to believe that they have a complicated
mother-daughter relationship. Adam G. Savani is also part of the cast and he
plays the loser Wren wanting to have some fun with Emily, he brings a comedic
aspect to the plot.
Over all I think LOL is a good film and one that should be
watched, it has an amazing cast with buckets of talent.
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Ellie Kay
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