Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a few steps behind - while her friends check off milestones and celebrate their new grown-up status. When her high-school sweetheart proposes, Megan panics and- given an unexpected opportunity to escape for a week - hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year old Annika and Annika's world-weary single dad Craig.
Laggies is a likable but somewhat familiar quarter-life crisis indie dramedy. The premise of a late-twenties woman befriending a teenager and hiding out at her house while avoiding adult responsibilities has charm but also feels somewhat contrived. Keira Knightley, Chloe Grace Moretz, and Sam Rockwell all deliver solid, engaging performances that elevate the material, though the characters don't transcend their archetypes entirely. The cinematography is functional Seattle-set indie work — competent but unremarkable. The film's voice sits squarely in the mumblecore-adjacent indie comedy tradition without adding much distinctive craft or conception to the genre. The ending resolves things in a fairly predictable, tidy romantic fashion that doesn't fully earn its emotional beats given the messy character journey that preceded it.