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By Betsy Sharkey (695) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 22 Oct 2014

The director is increasingly adept at getting her actors to bask in emotions without any pretensions. It makes for easy watching…

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By Melissa Maerz (13) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 21 Oct 2014

What saves Laggies is Knightley, who's all gangly limbs and pouty faces, schlepping around in pajamas, acting exactly like a teenager trapped…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 21 Oct 2014

The best thing about the film – which is true of most of his roles – is Rockwell…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 21 Oct 2014

As Laggies piles up one scene after another of Megan’s boyfriend and all her old high-school chums acting exaggeratedly square, the movie’s…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 21 Oct 2014

The unavoidable obstacle is that the perpetually elegant Knightley does not belong…

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By Stephen Danay (78) for Under the Radar (636) on 21 Oct 2014

[The script] reduces some of the more complex themes of maturation to something resembling an R-rated after-school special…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 21 Oct 2014

Moretz is as real as ever, and Knightley manages Megan’s transition from annoyingly naive to adorably confused…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Village Voice (8,525) on 20 Oct 2014

Even though Laggies is clearly well-intentioned — and the anxieties it tussles with are completely believable — the film is awkward in…

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By Drew Mcweeny (622) for Hitfix (861) on 20 Oct 2014

It's a gentle, amiable, sincere little movie, and we could use about a hundred more Lynn Sheltons in this business, making movies that feel…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 15 Oct 2014

The movie’s compromised tone, wavering between emo introspection and rom-com cuteness, is awkward in all the wrong ways…

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By Erik Davis (66) for Movies.com (1,002) on 28 Sep 2014

An adorable and accessible romantic comedy about discovering yourself through someone else's family…

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By Tomas Hachard (101) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 04 Sep 2014

It's hard not to watch Laggies without thinking back to Your Sister's Sister, in which Shelton made rom-com tropes feel spontaneous and fresh…

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By Dominic Mill (48) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 27 Feb 2014

Keira Knightley impresses, but Laggies' amiable charm is absolutely wrecked in a final third that's short on laughs and packed with clichés…

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By James Rocchi (1,075) for Film.com (1,892) on 05 Feb 2014

Superbly written, handsomely made and full of terrific performances, Laggies is Shelton’s best film to date…

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By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 05 Feb 2014

More structure and polish doesn't keep Lynn Shelton's latest from being recognizably hers…

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By Dan Schindel (235) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 04 Feb 2014

The movie's sense of realism in the performances clashes with the often eye-rolling contrivance of the characters' actions…

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By Sam Fragoso (108) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 31 Jan 2014

Shelton continues to subvert our expectations by imbuing Laggies with a humanistic spirit…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 28 Jan 2014

While the film has its charms and is quite a bit of fun at times, it's also improbable and a step down compared to Shelton's more challenging work…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Variety (12,700) on 27 Jan 2014

If the narrative progression feels too tidy and circumscribed, Shelton’s talent for bringing out the best in her actors remains satisfyingly intact…

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By Amber Wilkinson (674) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 27 Jan 2014

The plot strong-arms the characters into increasingly contrived and overly familiar positions that leave you longing for the more relaxed vibe…

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