Lars and The Real Girl

So not many people have heard of this movie, or at least that’s what I would figure as it just recently came out on video and was not in theaters. I went to the video store with my boyfriend this past weekend and of course neither of us could decide what movie we wanted to rent and then he remembers that one of his friends suggested this movie “Lars and the Real Girl.” She told him it was really good and that he and I should watch it. So I agreed and we brought it back to his house to watch. Well let me tell you, this was not a very great movie. The plot was a little too crazy for my liking. The summary of this plot is that a guy falls in love with a life size doll. Simple as that with a few other twists and turns. Lars the main character talks to the doll and believes it is real. The others in the town are willing to do what's best for Lars which is believing that the doll is real. The town does whatever they can to not hurt Lars. Throughout the movie this doll in a way changes the beliefs and thinking of that small town. Of course I believe this guy has a few mental problems, I mean not many people actually believe that a life-size doll is alive let alone fall in love with the doll. My boyfriend loved this movie, thinking it was amazing how this doll could bring together an entire town and get them to do what’s best for the people in the town. I guess you could say that this movie has a good moral and has great symbolism behind it, but I think that would be all this movie has going for it. The acting was just ok nothing too special though I do have to say that Ryan Gosling plays the main character Lars really well. He got me to believe he was crazy at least.

Despite this all this, I don’t think I would recommend this movie to anyone. However, if you’re looking for a long movie to kill time this would certainly be one I would suggest. It will definitely pass time, but unless you look for deep symbolic meanings behind movies then you will probably find it just as boring as I did. If you’re looking for a fun entertaining movie or a comedy watch something else. Also, the only well known actor in this movie was Ryan Gosling, the others were just mediocre actors reading their lines to mediocre to plot. I would not waste your money on this movie but then again that is just my opinion. I do know two people who happen to think this was an amazing movie but I would certainly have to disagree.

As always this is just my opinion. The image is taken from http://www.imdb.com/media/rm69703168/tt0805564. MLA Citation for this is
"Lars and the Real Girl." IMDb 09 May 2008 .