Review: LOL

Published: August 28, 2007, 3:03 pm

Tags: mumblecore, joe swanberg, joeswanberg, lol

Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Independent, New Releases, DVD Reviews, Home Entertainment, Cinematical IndieOnly connect. -- E.M ForsterThe phone's off the hook, but you're not. -- XIn Joe Swanberg's LOL, three men -- Alex, an aspiring musician (Kevin Brewersdorf), Chris, a student trying to sustain a long-distance relationship (C. Mason Wells) and Tim, a slightly smug young man in a seemingly-stable relationship (director Swanberg) -- can't quite connect with other people. They've got the tools -- cellphones, e-mail, video -- but they don't seem to have the temperament. Or maybe the tools are the problem -- they've got so many open channels in their life that all they can hear is the hum of the wires, so many sources of distraction they're waiting for what's next instead of looking at what's now. Articles have been written -- and will, somewhat regrettably, continue to be written -- about how Swanberg, along with similar writer-directors like Andrew Bujalski , Aaron Katz and Jay

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