Quickie: Lars and the Real Girl
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)–***
Quickie Review
Slightly agoraphobic, but extremely sweet, Lars shakes up his small town when he orders a human-sized, anatomically-correct female doll and treats it like a real-life girlfriend. A touching and funny dramedy, this second feature from Craig Gillespie is only as believable as the actors are good. Ryan Gosling gives a painful, tender performance as a 27-year-old just coming of age, while character actor Paul Schneider gives his best performance to date as Lars’s guilt-ridden older brother. Writer Nancy Oliver (Six Feet Under) delicately discovers a heartwarming tale inside this rather offbeat premise. (Though, it may not be offbeat enough.) Also starring Emily Mortimer and Patricia Clarkson.
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