
Megan's approaching 30 with a good degree and a boyfriend in hand, but when he proposes at her friend's wedding and everyone seems to think that the best way to advance in her career is to take a seminar where you find out what animal you are, Megan's understandably feeling lost. After meeting teenagers who want her to buy them beer, Megan is drawn into 16-year-old Annika's simpler life. She ends up moving in with Annika and her single father, juggling the life of a teen and ... (Full plot summary below)
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Megan's approaching 30 with a good degree and a boyfriend in hand, but when he proposes at her friend's wedding and everyone seems to think that the best way to advance in her career is to take a seminar where you find out what animal you are, Megan's understandably feeling lost. After meeting teenagers who want her to buy them beer, Megan is drawn into 16-year-old Annika's simpler life. She ends up moving in with Annika and her single father, juggling the life of a teen and that of an adult, two romantic interests, and the feeling of lagging behind.
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| BeliefnetNell MinowShelton has enough confidence in the story, the characters, and her outstanding performers to avoid the easy exaggerations of the genre. |
| Kaplan vs. KaplanJeanne KaplanAdmittedly, there are a few stinky moments --- the engagement of Megan and Anthony --- their breakup --- the prom scene --- to name a few, but "Laggies" is still an enjoyable film. |
| The PlaylistRodrigo PerezIts patchy tone, plot, characters and sympathies make for a film that’s difficult to wholeheartedly endorse. |
| Entertainment WeeklyMelissa MaerzWhat saves Laggies is Knightley, who's all gangly limbs and pouty faces, schlepping around in pajamas, acting exactly like a teenager trapped in a grown-up world. |
| AV ClubA.A. DowdShelton, who used to make scrappy, wholly improvised indie gabfests, continues to sand down the rough edges of her style, so that each new movie feels a little less distinct — and a lot less transgressive — than the one before it. |
| The Film StageJordan RaupLaggies soon goes off the rails, its plot becoming more contrived and characters increasingly erratic. |
| Tolucan TimesTony MedleyExtremely well directed by Lynn Shelton with Andrea Seigel's poignant, intuitive, and funny script. Keira Knightley is an amazing actress. She does things with her eyes that provide mirrors to the soul of her characters. This is a winner. |
| RogerEbert.comSam FragosoShelton continues to subvert our expectations by imbuing "Laggies" with a humanistic spirit. |
| Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanKnightley does a remarkable job in a role written for an American actress. Moretz and Rockwell give decent support. But you can bail out a boat with gaping holes only so long before it sinks. |
| Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyThe director is increasingly adept at getting her actors to bask in emotions without any pretensions. It makes for easy watching. Seigel's breezy script makes the dialogue easy listening. |