LOL (Laughing Out Loud)

Plot

Lola (Christa Theret) is a teenage girl living with her mother Anne (Sophie Marceau), who is divorced from Lola's father, Alain (Alexandre Astier). Nicknamed lol by her friends, Lola has been taking her first steps into teenage romance, dating a boy from her class named Arthur (Félix Moati). Following the summer break, Arthur tells her that he cheated on her over the summer and was dating her friend, Lvis. Lola decides to break things off with him and start seeing his close friend, Maël (Jeremy Kapone). Lola's friends seem to enjoy complicating matters even more. But little did she know that Life at home has also become impossible with her mother, who has no idea what "LOL" means. Lola attempts to play her mother and father against each other for her own advantage, but what she doesn't know is that Anne and Alain have begun dating again on the sly. After a class trip to England her relationship with her mother comes crumbling down.

Critical response

A cultural critic writing for The Independent noted that the film portrayed British culture in the way it is stereotypically imagined by many French to be, showing a small town outside London where it "never stops raining. The streets are populated by middle-aged women in dowdy, floral dresses carrying garish umbrellas. For dinner, the French teenagers are served white bread, marmalade and pasta – on the same plate." In France the film was well received as depicting a generation of youngsters, such as other films in the 80s and the 90s had.

Remake

A remake was released on 4 May 2012. The film stars Miley Cyrus, Demi Moore, Ashley Greene, Adam Sevani, and Douglas Booth, however unlike the original the remake was a critical and commercial failure.