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Publisher : MGM (Video & DVD) Director : Craig Gillespie Actor : Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider (IV), Kelli Garner, Patricia Clarkson, Brand : LARS AND THE REAL GIRL (DVD MOVIE) Manufacturer : MGM (Video & DVD)
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To some, Lars and the Real Girl will play as comedy; to others, tragedy. Though Craig Gillespie (Mr. Woodcock) allows Lars Lindstrom (a mustachioed Ryan Gosling, miles away from Half Nelson) a happy ending, the road is far from smooth. This rumpled Midwesterner couldn't be more miserable. His brother, Gus (Paul Schneider, All the Real Girls), and sister-in-law, Karin (Emily Mortimer, Lovely and Amazing), fall over themselves to cheer him up, but Lars cannot be moved; he's been like that since childhood. Then a porn-addicted co-worker hips him to the lifelike Real Doll. The next thing everyone knows, Lars has a new girlfriend named Bianca. She's from Brazil, she's shy, and she uses a wheelchair. She's also made of silicon. (Because Lars is a devout Christian, hanky-panky is out of the question.) Since he's finally emerging from his shell, his doctor, Dagmar (Patricia Clarkson), advises Gus and Karin to play along with the "delusion." Soon the whole town, including Margo (Kelli Garner), who harbors a not-so-secret crush on her officemate, gets in on the action, forcing Lars to rejoin the human race or crawl deeper into psychosis. Written by Six Feet Under's Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl is built around such a preposterous premise, it's hard to know whether to laugh or cry. Fortunately, the actors play it straight. Gosling does his best to make Lars sympathetic, but Schneider and Mortimer, fully convincing in their concern, are the true heart and soul of this odd little film. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Customer reviews for 'Lars and the Real Girl'
«Thought provoking »
I don't know if the purpose of this movie was to help de-stigmatization mental illness but I believe that it was a step forward in that direction. The movie focus on Lars and his girlfriend who is a doll. The community that he lives in goes out of their way to accept Lars's girlfriend and to help Lars heal from the death of his mother and the guilt that he feels from it.
Anyways I loved the move and bought it and have been passing it around the neighborhood.
[Monday, October 06, 2008]
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«Very slow. If quirky for quirky's sake is your thing, then you'll like it»
This movie has a couple of "chuckle" moments, but as I watched it, I couldn't help but feel sad for the characters in this film. It reminded me a lot of a Christopher Guest film where you're watching unidimensional characters interact with one another in a desperate and feeble attempt to find happiness and acceptance.
[Thursday, October 02, 2008]
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«Offbeat, funny & sweet»
Lars & the Real Girl is a love story, but not the kind of love story you start out expecting. Suffice it to say that everyone in this wintery northern town loves Lars, and Lars could use the support. He's having a bit of a crisis because his sister-in-law's pregnancy is bringing up some painful issues that he hasn't properly dealt with. How Lars chooses to deal with his crisis, however, is not only unorthodox, it will challenge the whole community's sensibilities. You see, Lars orders a life-sized doll on the Internet, and he seems to believe she's a real girl! Although you may wonder at first how a story about a man who orders a life-sized doll on the Internet could keep from descending into something vulgar, this comical heartwarmer keeps things surprisingly sweet. With a stellar cast, including Ryan Gosling and Patricia Clarkson, this movie is sure to make you smile and give you hope that people really can care enough to try to understand each other.
[Tuesday, September 30, 2008]
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