Mk and I saw Lars and the Real Girl this afternoon.
Lars is painfully shy and resists all efforts by his sister-in-law, work colleagues and friends to socialise. After a colleague shows him a website advertising life size sex dolls, Lars surprises his family and the community by taking one as his girlfriend.
This could have been a pretty tacky film but instead it is beautifully written and acted, the story told with great sympathy and affection. Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer and Patricia Clarkson are impressive in a cast with no weaknesses.
Mk and I both loved this film.
Wasn't it fab!? And I now have a new movie-star crush.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review. I thought it may have been tacky, too based on the premise. But it sounds more promising that first thought.
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