Lola

Lola is a 2024 American drama film written and directed by Nicola Peltz Beckham, who stars alongside Raven Goodwin, Richie Merritt, Luke David Blumm, Trevor Long, and Virginia Madsen.
The film was released in the United States on February 9, 2024.
== Plot ==
Lola James works to save enough money to get her little brother, Arlo, out of their toxic home. Arlo keeps her hopeful, until one tragic night, when her whole world gets uprooted. From that moment on, nothing will ever be the same.
== Cast ==
*Nicola Peltz Beckham as Lola James
*Raven Goodwin as Babina, Lola's best friend
*Richie Merritt as Malachi, Lola's boyfriend
*Luke David Blumm as Arlo, Lola's nine-year-old brother
*Trevor Long as Trick, Mona's boyfriend
*Virginia Madsen as Mona
*Will Peltz as Frankie
== Production ==
In March 2021, it was announced that Nicola Peltz Beckham would make her directorial debut co-directing a film with Bria Vinaite that she wrote titled Lola James. The film would star Peltz and Virginia Madsen. Richie Merritt, Trevor Long, Raven Goodwin, and Luke David Blumm also joined the cast.
Principal photography began on March 1, 2021 and concluded on April 15, 2021, in Los Angeles, California.
== Release ==
Lola was released in the United States on February 9, 2024.
== Reception ==
The film received mostly poor reviews. The Guardian described Lola as "poverty porn - the exploitation of the conditions of poverty for entertainment and artistic recognition" adding that "Lola, whose protagonist careens from one traumatic experience to the next, doesn’t explore hardship – it exploits it". Writing for Review Online, Ayeen Forootan states that "there’s nothing really surprising or new to be found in Lola’s poorly scripted and stereotypically melodramatic story, which is mostly realized as typical arrangements of manufactured intensity and overt sentiment-baiting."
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== References ==
Category:2024 films
Category:2020s American films
Category:American drama films
Category:American independent films
Category:Films scored by Quincy Jones
Category:Vertical Entertainment films