Lola Versus (2012)

We spend a year with Lola, starting on her 29th birthday. Her longtime boyfriend proposes and then breaks up with her just a few weeks before the wedding, which throws her life completely off-kilter. Her messy journey is believable and funny and heartbreaking. I could relate with the fact that removing a single bit of your life can make the rest of it so unstable -- the fact that one's life is just a jenga tower waiting to topple isn't clear until you're mid-wobble.

The film's success rests on Greta Gerwig's shoulders and she is, as ever, wonderful. I'd like to hang out with her.

B+