Lars and the Real Girl | Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer

Lars and the Real Girl | Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer | Comedy/Tragedy

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	Lars and the Real Girl Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer MGM (Video & DVD), 2008 average customer review:based on 116 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Sometimes you find love where you'd least expect it. Just ask Lars (Gosling) a sweet but quirky guy who thinks he's found the girl of his dreams in a life-sized doll named Bianca. Lars is completely content with his artificial girlfriend but when he develops feelings for Margo an attractive co-worker Lars finds himself lost in a hilariously unique love triangle hoping to somehow discover the real meaning of true love. Offbeat and endearing this romantic comedy takes a fresh look at dating and relationships and dares to ask the question: What's so wrong with being happy?System Requirements:Special Features: Deleted Scene - "Bathtub" The Real Story of Lars and The Real Girl A Real Leading Lady Forced Trailers: Music Within Juno Savages Trailer Farm: Death at a Funeral BonnevilleFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/ROMANTIC COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 883904103738 Manufacturer No: M110373

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Lars!

There are so many movies I won't see. We need a lot more like this.

It's not mean-spirited, a huge plus. I'm not necessarily big on "feel-good" movies (and don't care about happy endings), but I want movies that, vis-a-vis their own reality, treat their characters with dignity.

The movie plays in a real and natural way. People aren't tossing off unrealistic "one-liners" and trying so hard to be memorable and cool, as if the scriptwriter(s) were striving for quotes to make some list for posterity. The people act real and natural; the situations are not real and natural but the cast makes them believable.

And I finally got to see Ryan Gosling in a movie, and now I see why "everyone's raving." I liked this entire cast, and hate to single anyone out, but I do love Patricia Clarkson's presence in films; I sometimes think she needs to be in every film!, even if she just pops in at the credits and waves to the audience so they know she is still around. :D

I got a sense of the actors here, all the cast, that -- if you met them in person, in reality -- they would be *real, kind people* who might not necessarily want to deal with crowds and autographs, but who would respond with class. The actors themselves seem like real and good people, and it makes their characters seem real.

This movie was fun! Lots of scenes that make it feel undecided whether you should laugh or cry. And as one reviewer pointed out, this movie works REALLY well on the "meta-level," if you take it in an allegorical way.

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Comedy/Tragedy

Loved this movie. Cried and laughed at the same time. Such a ridiculous premise, but it worked. Not just a girl-movie; guys will like this too.
So funny....

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.

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I'm Impressed

The premise sounds a bit out there, but it's well written and well acted, making an enjoyable and eminently watchable movie. I enjoy originality in movies, and there isn't enough of it. This is quite original.

Why only three stars? About halfway through the movie, or perhaps a little further, the focus drifted a little bit from the humor and into the "touching drama" which, quite honestly, didn't work for me so well. Not "bad," but maybe a little boring. Then it finished strong, which is how it started, but well, I'm a jerk.

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