LOLA VERSUS
A slight romantic comedy about heartbreak, pressure, and personal responsibility.
Should You Watch It?
Lola Versus is a low-key romantic comedy about a woman in her late 20s trying to live after her longtime boyfriend breaks up with her. The film deserves some credit for showing that casual sexual experiences can bring emotional consequences and confusion. Lola wants meaningful relationships, and none of her new experiences make her happier.
That honesty is surrounded by significant moral shortcomings. The film includes lewd content, crude dialogue, strong sexual material, and marijuana use presented positively. Its reflections are real but limited, and the movie is too slight to merit high praise.
Wait for home if you are an adult interested in this kind of character study and want more control over the viewing experience. Do not choose it for children or young teens.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESLola is happy with her job, her longtime boyfriend, and her life in New York City. Then her boyfriend breaks up with her, leaving her uncertain how to live without him.
Her best friend and parents encourage her to meet and sleep with other men. Lola, who wants a meaningful relationship and fears sexually transmitted diseases, begins navigating new romantic and sexual experiences while trying to understand what she truly wants.
Is It Any Good?
Two stars means a slight, mildly pleasant film with limited weight. Lola Versus is low-key and character-driven, following Lola’s romantic escapades with a simple story and some honest reflection.
The movie is largely fluff and too slight to merit high praise. It is the kind of film that can easily be seen at home rather than in a theater.
The Worldview
Lola Versus has a highly romantic worldview. It centers on the desire for a meaningful relationship and explores what happens when Lola is urged to pursue sexual experiences instead. The film does not explicitly condemn sexual promiscuity, but it does show the emotional consequences and confusion connected to that behavior.
The movie also presents bad parental advice, cheating, and loose morality. Marijuana use is portrayed positively. Still, the film shows more reflection than many romantic comedies that treat premarital sex as harmless and without consequence. Its partial honesty is worthwhile, even though it does not provide a clear moral resolution.
The story’s longing for a meaningful relationship points toward the biblical design for marriage: “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife” (Genesis 2:24).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
Very strong Romantic worldview that doesn’t overtly condemn sexual promiscuity but shows the emotional consequences and confusion caused by such behavior; at least 40 obscenities and profanities plus some crude dialogue; no violence; strong sexual content includes three sex scenes with different man each time and some crude sexual dialogue, including discussion about male private parts and heroine’s best friend and own father encourage her to get some sexual “experience”; rear male nudity during sex scene; alcohol use in several scenes as well as comically portrayed drunkenness and hangovers in a couple scenes; marijuana use depicted in a positive manner; and, cheating, bad parental advice, and loose morality depicted.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
Lola wants a meaningful relationship but is pressured toward casual sexual experiences. What does Scripture say about honoring God with your body and your relationships?
1 Corinthians 6:18–20The film shows parents giving Lola bad advice. How should parents guide their children through decisions about relationships and sexuality?
Ephesians 6:4 · Proverbs 22:6Lola’s new experiences leave her confused and unhappy. Why can consequences remain even when a culture treats a choice as harmless?
Galatians 6:7–8Lola eventually chooses to be on her own for a while. How can a season of singleness be used wisely and faithfully?
1 Corinthians 7:32–35The Final Word
Lola Versus offers some honest reflection about the confusion and emotional consequences of sexual promiscuity, but its lewd content and limited moral clarity outweigh its modest merits. Adults who remain interested should WAIT FOR HOME — ADULTS ONLY. For a cleaner family choice, see.
