Gerwig stars in Lola Versus as the titular character. Lola is a New Yorker who seems to have it all. She engaged to Luke (Joel Kinnaman) and she's getting her Masters Degree. With the help of her friends Alice (Zoe Lister-Jones) and Henry (Hamish Linklater), she plans her wedding. Everything looks great until the day she comes home and Luke tells her that he can't go through with it. This sends Lola into a tailspin and despite the emotional support of her parents (Debra Winger and Bill Pullman), Lola doesn't know what to do with herself. She tries dating and even finds herself attracted to Henry, but nothing seems to work. Lola goes from depression to somewhat self-destructive behavior, and can't seem to find herself. The fact that Luke keeps coming back into her life doesn't help. What can Lola do to get back on track?

Other than money, sometimes one has to wonder what motivates people to make movies, as it's often a lot of work. This kind of thought came to mind while watching Lola Versus, as I felt like I'd seen this movie...many, many times. How many times have we seen the jilted woman who drinks and binge eats and sleeps around and can't find happiness? How many times have we seen the woman suddenly realize that she may be attracted to her male friend? Lola's parents were very reminiscent of Sandra Bullock's parents from Two Weeks Notice. Lola has a sassy friend who's wackiness is meant to off-set Lola's depression.

Lola Versus wants to have a sassy attitude and one would assume that this would translate into it taken these familiar (dare I say hackneyed) elements and doing something different with them, but it doesn't. The movie simply goes through the motions, never offering us anything new. This lack of originality is coupled with some problems in the story. First of all, Lola simply isn't likeable. The whole point of a movie like this is that we should get behind the heroine and want to see her triumph. But Lola just complains and sabotages herself. This may have seem realistic to some, but I found it far-fetched that Lola kept putting herself in situations where she would run into Luke. I don't want to see any of my exs. And then we get the frayed ends of the script such as Lola's inscrutable graduate dissertation topic or the scene where she suddenly goes to therapy for one session.

The other big problem with the movie is Gerwig. Now, before you Greta fans (if you exist) jump on me, allow me to lay out my points. It appears that out of character she would be a likable person and she proves in this film that she's willing to take chances. However, she simply isn't lead actress material. Before you ask, this has nothing to do with her looks. This has to do with the fact that her overall demeanor doesn't give her the presence to carry a movie. And, her comic timing isn't all that great. She would be perfect in supporting roles -- I can definitely see her playing someone's negative friend. But, Lola Versus proves that she doesn't have the chops to be on-screen 90% of the time or more. In a world where quirky rom-coms are becoming the norm, Lola Versus doesn't nothing to separate itself from the pack and the story meanders from one cliche to the next. I finished watching this movie two days ago, and I'm still waiting for it to make a point.

Lola Versus made me want to know more about incubators on Blu-ray Disc courtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The film has been letterboxed at 1.85:1 and the Disc contains an AVC 1080p HD transfer which runs at an average of 36 Mbps. The picture is very sharp and clear, showing on overt grain and no defects from the source material. The colors look good, most notably reds and blues, and the image is never overly dark or bright. The level of detail is good and the depth is about what you would expect from a movie like this. In short, this is one of those movies which looks very good on Blu-ray, but won't knock your socks off. The Disc carries a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track which runs at 48 kHz and an average of 3.8 Mbps. The track provides clear dialogue and sound effects. The stereo effects during street and crowd scenes are good. The nightclub scene offers notable surround sound and the music supplies a nice bass response. The score never drowns out the dialogue and audio has an overall nice crispness to it.

The Lola Versus Blu-ray Disc contains an assortment of extras. We begin with an AUDIO COMMENTARY from Director Daryl Wein and co-writer/actress Zoe Lister-Jones. The Disc contains eleven DELETED SCENES which run about 13 minutes. These are all fairly brief and there are no new subplots or characters here. It's interesting to note that there's a longer cut of the break-up scene here. It's not necessarily better, but it does give Luke more of a chance to explain himself. The "Alternate Ending" is simply an extra shot which doesn't change the meaning of the finale. We get a 3-minute segment simply called "Outtakes", which is followed by "Nick the Dick Outtakes" (5 minutes) and "Cheyenne Jackson Outtakes" (1 minute). (That's a lot of outtakes for such a bad movie.) "Greta Gerwig: Leading Lady" (4 minutes) has comments from Gerwig, as well as the filmmakers chatting about her performance. "The Filmmakers" (3 minutes) is a brief making-of in which the director and producers talk about how the project came together and why they wanted to work with one another. We get two "Fox Movie Channel Presents" segments -- "World Premiere" (5 minutes), which has interviews from the Tribeca Film Festival, and "In Character with Greta Gerwig" (5 minutes), which offers an interview with the actress. The final extra is a THEATRICAL TRAILER for the film.