Laggies
CAST
Keira Knightley,
Chloë Grace Moretz
RATING
R
RELEASE
October 24, 2014 (NY/LA)
DIRECTOR
Lynn Shelton
STUDIO
A24
RUNNING TIME
1 hour 40 minutes
STARS
***1/4
REVIEW:
Being in my senior year of high school currently, I always wonder how my life is going to be ten years from now when I'm trying to get my life on track. Hopefully, I won't be in the situation that Keira Knightley's character in "Laggies" is in. Knightley's character, Megan, is a twenty-something woman who hasn't done much to improve or enhance her life in anyway from her high school self. She still lives with her high school boyfriend, and her current job involves flipping a marketing sign outside of her father's office. Megan sees that her life isn't the way she wants it to be, so she escapes her adult life and ends up befriending/staying with a 16 year old girl named Annika and her father Craig. What follows from there is a predictable and flawed, but well-acted and sweet movie that gets the job done and overall acts in the way that "comfort food" does.
Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Kaitlyn Dever all deliver delightful, humorous, and even real performances that help to carry the film's rather typical flare. The movie itself is predictable and features characters, those in particular played by actors such as Mark Webber and Ellie Kemper, that aren't the least bit interesting and, frankly, aren't written that well. The ending also felt a little abrupt if you ask me, but that's only a minor nitpick I have compared to everything else. Overall, there was more here that I liked than disliked, so in that regard I'm glad I got to see it. "Laggies" won't change your life in anyway, but it most likely will make you feel good and give you a nice time while watching a film.
PREVIEWS YOU MAY SEE:
Inherent Vice
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