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Nicola Peltz suffers unexpected backlash as her gritty directorial debut Lola is torn to shreds by unimpressed critics - with scathing reviews dismissing it as 'poverty porn' and an exploitative 'vanity project'

The heiress, 29, wrote, directed and starred in the film, which which premiered on February 9, with a limited theatrical and digital release.

She added: 'Filled to the brim with underbaked, oftentimes harmful tropes – the supportive Black best friend, a queer child meeting an unceremonious death, the virginal stripper saved by motherhood, a hypocritical Christian drunk – the film leaves one wondering what could have been achieved if any of these characters or their storylines were given as much attention as the gaffers paid to the light hitting Peltz Beckham’s cheekbones.' But he went on: 'It’s not a law that directors making slice-of-life flicks must be personally familiar with the material they are depicting, but before even watching Lola, the disconnect between the dead-end world the film takes place in and Peltz Beckham’s background stands out as jarring. 'It’s not a law that directors making slice-of-life flicks must be personally familiar with the material they are depicting, but before even watching Lola, the disconnect between the dead-end world the film takes place in and Peltz Beckham’s background stands out as jarring.

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