Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

• Year: 2007
• Released: 02 Nov 2007
• Country: United States, Canada
• Adwords: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 36 nominations total
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805564/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Lars_and_the_Real_Girl
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/lars-and-the-real-girl
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English, Spanish
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Runtime: 106 min
• Writer: Nancy Oliver
• Director: Craig Gillespie
• Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider
• Keywords: dying and death, mental illness, loss, doll, delusion,

	7.3/10
	70/100

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In this comedy, Lars Lindstrom is an awkwardly shy young man in a small northern town who finally brings home the girl of his dreams to his brother and sister-in-law’s home. The only problem is that she’s not real – she’s a sex doll Lars ordered off the Internet. But sex is not what Lars has in mind, but rather a deep, meaningful relationship. His sister-in-law is worried for him, his brother thinks he’s nuts, but eventually the entire town goes along with his delusion in support of this sweet natured boy that they’ve always loved.

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Lars and the Real Girl Movie Reviews

C’mon, it’s funny. Is it?

Greetings again from the darkness. Guilt while laughing is an unusual experience … well except while watching Lars and Bianca. This film is hilarious, touching and insightful. The product of genius writing by Nancy Oliver (Six Feet Under) and solid direction by Craig Gillespie (“Mr. Woodcock”), this film will force you to step back and think about how you treat those who might be a little different or struggle with social interaction.

Ryan Gosling is absolutely amazing as Lars. His character redefines “being in a shell”. Wounded by the pain of losing his parents and literally frightened by human touch, Gosling exudes the humanity of a injured child. The real guilty fun starts once Bianca is delivered. Bianca is the anatomically correct molded doll whom Lars treats as a real girlfriend. The ride picks up steam when his relatives and then the entire town elect to play along.

The entire cast is excellent with standout performances by Emily Mortimer (“Match Point”), Paul Schneider, the great Patricia Clarkson as the very wise and very human doctor, and Kelli Garner (“Thumbsucker”) looking very homely as the co-worker with a crush on Lars.

Not sure how wide of audience this will find, but I highly recommend to all adults … it is not a film for kids. Hopefully the academy takes notice of the film, the writing and the acting … all top notch.

Did Fran Drescher model for the doll, or sue?

This is the type of film people are going to either love or hate because it definitely is weird. Ryan Gosling got a lot of Acclaim for it, and certainly, his character is quirky enough to be memorable. He works in an office and goes to a church and lives next to family who keep trying to get him to be more gregarious and get out there and date. In fact, it seems logical that he might do what he does so people will either stop pestering him in this way or simply just leave him alone. A girl at work follows him to has home living next door to his brother and sister-in-law, and gets physically aggressive with him in a way that was repulsive to watch. I couldn’t imagine a man doing that to a co-worker and getting away with it, so that scene for me was pretty pathetic. His male coworker who he shares a cubicle with watches adult films on his work computer and gives Lars the idea of creating an anatomically correct woman whom when it shows up looks amazingly like “The Nanny”.

As his brother and sister-in-law, Paul Schneider and Emily Mortimer are very funny, and Mortimer in particular is very good, wanting to bond with her brother-in-law and understand him, but perplexed by his distance. When he starts dating “Bianca” (the doll), they begin to pretend along with him that she’s real, advised by his doctor, Patricia Clarkson, to go along with it. It’s very amusing to watch Clarkson take Bianca’s pulse, tell Lars that it’s very low and suggest bringing her in once a week. The town follow suit in this acceptance of Bianca as real, and invisible rabbits seem to be back in fashion.

Kelli Garner, as Margo the co-worker, really bothered me because it’s as if the script was saying that it’s okay for women to pressure men. But the office that Lars works in is certainly not typical of any office I’ve ever work in, breaking so many protocols and HR rules that you’d swear this was set in an alternative universe. In fact, the whole town seems to be fixated on everything going on in Lar’s life, even the so-called good people at Lars’ church. I loved the church lady who basically pointed out to other elders their own secrets, and even brings the wheelchair-bound Bianca a bouquet of flowers the first time Lars brings her to church. Now that’s a Christian!

I can’t really say that I liked this film, but I really felt empathy for Lars wanting to just be left alone in his life, and pressured so much that the ends up going a little bit kooky. Every time they show Bianca at a different event or people’s reaction to her, I couldn’t help but chuckle so I didn’t completely despise it. In fact, any like I have for this film is probably not based on the author’s intentions, but the different way in which I perceived the film from my point of view. Very flawed but often amusing in a way where I could not bring myself to say I hate it.

No big laughs for gimmicky premise

Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) is an introverted oddball that is loved by all. Karen (Emily Mortimer) is married to Lars’ brother Gus (Paul Schneider) and she really worries about him. One night, Lars introduces his new girlfriend Bianca but she’s actually a life-size sex doll. Karen is over-protective but Gus is a lot less sensitive. The entire town tries to go along with Lars’ delusion.

This is a quirky movie built on a foundation of a gimmicky premise. It doesn’t really get any big laughs. Without the big laughs, it’s hard to figure out what this movie delivers. Everybody is walking around on egg shells for this character. It left me wondering if Gosling should play this with more mental illness. He’s playing this like a goofy amiable clueless guy. The whole movie is a little bland and I wish it had more spice to it.