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Lars and the Real Girl

(2007) Comedy - Rated PG-13

Directed by: Craig Gillespie

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Patricia Clarkson

Overview: A lonely man forms an emotional bond with a plastic woman.

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  • Lars and the Real Girl

    Family and friends are unsure how to react when a lonely young man (Ryan Gosling) forms an emotional attachment to a life-size plastic woman and treats it like a real person.

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    "What's really lovely about Lars and the Real Girl is that while it is firmly an indie, it is unself-consciousl..."  [more]
    — Heather Huntington

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    • Heather Huntington

      ReelzChannel.com, October 11, 2007
      Lars and the Real Girl is a lovely little indie dramedy about Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling), a shy and introverted man in a quiet Midwestern town who shocks his friends and family when he introduces them to his girlfriend, Bianca--who just so happens to be a Real Doll. The town struggles to cope as Lars carts 'Bianca' around in a wheelchair and purports to hear her saying things to him. From the concept and even the trailer, you expect Lars and the Real Girl to be replete with sex jokes and full-on quirk of the Napoleon Dynamite magnitude, but it is anything but. Instead, this script by Nancy Oliver (Six Feet Under) it is a delicate, bittersweet, and often sad story of a lost, fragile man and the people who love him. Not surprisingly, Gosling is pitch perfect, oozing painful vulnerability down to his twitching eyes and innocently hopeful gazes. What's really lovely about Lars and the Real Girl, though, is that while it is firmly an indie, it is unself-consciously so, with more attention dedicated to the painful pleasure of yearning for Lars' situation to resolve than to succombing to the temptation of quirk for quirk's sake. The hardest thing to believe isn't that Lars thinks Bianca is real, but that this stunner was directed by Craig Gillespie--the man behind Mr. Woodcock. It just goes to show you that things aren't always what they seem.


      ReelzChannel Rating:  8

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  • Crew

    Director Craig Gillespie
    Producer Sarah Aubrey
    Producer John Cameron
    Producer Sidney Kimmel
    Executive Producer Whitney Brown
    Executive Producer William Horberg
    Executive Producer Bruce Toll
    Writer Nancy Oliver

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  • Gosling out of Best Actor running already?

    Love me, love my dollThere are some nasty rumors floating about the the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) are taking a pass on screening Lars and the Real Girl--the surprisingly well-done little indie about a sad, shy, Midwestern man who orders a Real Doll and then believes she is his living girlfriend.

    If the rumors are true, they mean that actor Ryan Gosling--who was nominated last year for his performance in Half Nelson--can be crossed off your list for potential Best Actor nominees. And we think that is just plain old sad.

    True, it's become fashionable to talk about how terrific an actor Gosling is. But the thing is, he is really great--and if he treats a quirky little ditty about a man who thinks a sex doll is talking to him with as much respect as one about a teacher with a secret drug addition, then don't we think the Academy should, too? 

    Source: Awards Daily


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