The movie is based on three lives and their connectivity Megan, Annika and her single dad. A rare female slacker entering Megans life as a blessing.
5 June 1962, Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 March 1985, Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK
10 February 1997, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
8 November 1972, Deep River, Connecticut, USA
21 March 1994, Springfield, Oregon, USA
23 December 1976, Seattle, Washington, USA
2 May 1980, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
12 June 1973, USA
June 21, 2016
Laggies soon goes off the rails, its plot becoming more contrived and characters increasingly erratic.
November 06, 2014
Shelton opts for a simple shooting style that emphasizes relationships and dialogue rather than trying to call attention to the filmmaker's talent.
November 06, 2014
We understand, you're having trouble growing up. Get on with it, and while you're doing so, amuse us. Luckily, the movie does a pretty good job at that while keeping things overly safe for its hapless heroine, Megan, played by Keira Knightley.
August 16, 2016
Even if the film doesn't leave much to ponder past the closing credits, it's enjoyable while it's unfolding, doing justice to the strengths of Shelton's ever-expanding filmography.
November 06, 2014
This is the first feature that the talented Lynn Shelton has directed from someone else's script, and it often seems like a premise trying to graduate into an actual story.
February 13, 2015
The limbo between adolescence and adulthood provokes a shrug
January 09, 2015
While a bit hard to buy as an unmotivated screw-up, Knightley gives Megan an endearing bouncy quality, which jibes with the movie's pleasant tone and helps viewers believe Craig's feelings for Megan.
November 19, 2015
Every filmmaker is allowed a few career missteps. Lynn Shelton seems to have spent all hers on just one movie.
March 11, 2016
Plot implausibilities and Knightley's comedic deficiencies, however, ensure that proceedings never move much beyond the passable.
January 09, 2015
A shrewd little dramedy directed by a woman, written by a woman and told from a woman's perspective, which on those merits alone constitutes a rare and special film worth seeing.
November 17, 2014
Shelton's comedy isn't just smart, but cheerfully wise; not just funny, but cleverly and endlessly so.
November 06, 2014
"Laggies" demonstrates that childhood is tough, but adulthood gives you a real drubbing.
