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Here Comes Lola! (Hier Kommt Lola!)

kdk April 25, 2011
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Some people may see film festivals as some kind of nerdy gathering for movie snobs, who sit around all day watching deep, philosophical art house films that no normal person would ever dream of watching. And, well, in some cases, they might be right. After all, I’ll freely admit to having seen some pretty strange movies at film festivals. But I’ve also seen all kinds of foreign comedies and lovable family movies—like the German kids’ film, Here Comes Lola! (Hier Kommt Lola!), which played at this year’s Cleveland International Film Festival.



Lola Veloso (Meira Durand) is an imaginative little girl who dreams of a life as Jacky Jones, the world’s youngest pop superstar. But she’s really just a lonely kid who lives in the country with her German mother (Julia Jentsch) and her Brazilian father (Fernando Spengler).



Tired of dealing with the prejudices that their biracial family faces from their small-town neighbors, the Velosos decide to move to Hamburg, where Lola’s father can open a Brazilian restaurant. Lola is excited about the move—because it means that she might finally find the one thing that she really, truly wants: a best friend. But she soon finds that the search for a best friend is just as hard in the city as it was in the country.



Here Comes Lola! isn’t the kind of film that you might expect to find playing at a film festival. Filled with imaginative dream sequences and poppy song and dance numbers, it feels a little bit like a German Hannah Montana.



Lola is a lovably silly character with a wild imagination. Though her attitude and her temper might sometimes get on your nerves, she more than makes up for it with her colorful personality and her creative stories. And even though Durand and the film’s other child actors have a tendency to overact, Lola (and the other young characters) is still charming.



The story, meanwhile, is sweet and funny, with plenty of valuable lessons to be learned along the way—lessons about things like keeping an open mind and being a good friend. At the same time, Lola also has a way of getting herself into all kinds of outrageous trouble—so she’s sure to keep young viewers giggling. But, of course, her family is always able to work things out, in perfect TV sitcom fashion—and by the time the film comes to an end, all of the characters are ready for their happily ever after.



It may be fluffy and unrealistic, but Here Comes Lola! is still a charmingly silly film—one that young viewers will enjoy. With its playful style and its lovable young characters, it would make a fun first foreign film for young would-be film buffs.

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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it. Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course. As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com). Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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kdk

Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.

Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.

As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).

Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.

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