Movie Rec: Lars and the Real Girl

[rispacooper]

Not since "Little Miss Sunshine" has such a weird little movie made me so happy. *happy* Um, not as funny as LMS, but still somehow, real and yet fairy-tale-ish, if that makes sense. If you read the premise, it will tell you it's about a guy in love with a life-size sex doll, which is kind of is, except it isn't at all. It's just charming and funny and painful and (in the words of one of the film's actresses) *pure*.

Lars is beyond lonely. Lars is beyond awkward. And Lars' mind compensates with a pretty awesome delusion, and those around him who love him, do their best to help. It's all about connecting and human relationships and courage and...well it's just awesome.

Also, please to note, it's set in Canada and stars mostly Canadian actors. And then: Ryan Gosling.

heeee!

Comments

[kenazfiction.livejournal.com]

I loved this movie, but I spent the first half of it in a state of queasy anxiety, because I was convinced people were going to start making fun Lars at any moment, and if that happened, I knew I would just burst into hysterics and run out of the theatre. My husband couldn't even talk about it for a couple hours afterwards because it was, in his words, 'painfully, viscerally real.'

Definitely one of the best things I've seen for a while.

[rispacooper.livejournal.com]

Yes! Bless the fairy-tale aspect! Because otherwise it would have hurt too much.