Tuesday, March 4th, 2008...10:10 am
CHECK IT OUT: Lars and the Real Girl [Time for a movie review!]
You may not have seen Lars and the Real Girl when it played for 2 days at your local theater, but I am here to tell you to find it, see it, and when it comes out next month on DVD, RENT IT! Heck, just buy the dang thing.
Sure, the idea of a guy with a blow-up doll may make you cringe (and/or hum a Police tune), but the execution of this odd story filled me up with warm fuzzies.
See, it’s not about a blow-up doll. It’s not a male teenager movie. He does fall in love and have a relationship with Bianca, the blow-up doll, after all. But more importantly, it’s about a family grieving loss, a community supporting, and people reaching out to each other, damaged, quirky people who show kindness, friendship and love.
My yoga teacher recently read a quote about “the liberation of self through love,” and I thought of Lars.
Ryan Gosling quietly worried me, Paul Schneider (his brother) amazed me and Emily Mortimer (his sister-in-law) charmed me (again). Cool Patricia Clarkson immediately won me over (as usual). The whole town (if you’ve ever lived in a small town, you’ll get it), was its own character, full of hilarious, generous understanding and action.
A really good film, an entertaining and touching experience. Oscar-nominated screenplay. Powerful cast. Check it out.
Have you seen this movie? What’d you think?
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6 Comments
March 4th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Not only did I see this movie… I saw it in the theater in that two days… On a date with my husband that likes only action movies.
He thought I was crazy, but I sold him on the blow-up doll aspect. Apparently, he’d read about “real dolls” with “real” orifices in some manly magazine. “Real” surprise there!
Anyway, we both LOVED the movie. Quirky. Touching. Funny. Perfect date night movie.
March 5th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I’ll add it to my Netflix queue.
March 6th, 2008 at 9:23 am
[…] I didn’t even think to say Lars and the Real Girl, which I watched at home, but HE didn’t need to know that! IDIOT. […]
March 11th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
I loved this movie so so so so so much.
March 11th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Oh, good! So glad ya’ll liked it! I may watch it again!
April 24th, 2008 at 8:43 am
just saw Lars and the Real Girl, Gosling did a great job playing out his character’s psychological transition from totally dysfunctional to somewhat functional; it was nice of them to leave out the predictable small-town drama as well
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