Lonely and emotionally stunted Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) develops a close, loving relationship with a beautiful young woman from South America, with one small hitch: she’s a life-sized plastic doll! His sympathetic doctor soon figures out that “Bianca,” whom Lars takes everywhere in a wheel chair, is a substitute for a real girl that he both yearns and fears opening up to. The plot of LARS AND THE REAL GIRL could have been played for sleaze or cheap laughs, but thanks to a sensitive script and fine direction and acting, it's a sweet, gently humorous journey of self discovery for our repressed hero, as well as for his friends, family, and most notably, a young co-worker, a real doll, who adores him from afar, idiosyncrasies and all, and whom we knew right from the start was a far better match for him than the inflated one.
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL (2007)
Lonely and emotionally stunted Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) develops a close, loving relationship with a beautiful young woman from South America, with one small hitch: she’s a life-sized plastic doll! His sympathetic doctor soon figures out that “Bianca,” whom Lars takes everywhere in a wheel chair, is a substitute for a real girl that he both yearns and fears opening up to. The plot of LARS AND THE REAL GIRL could have been played for sleaze or cheap laughs, but thanks to a sensitive script and fine direction and acting, it's a sweet, gently humorous journey of self discovery for our repressed hero, as well as for his friends, family, and most notably, a young co-worker, a real doll, who adores him from afar, idiosyncrasies and all, and whom we knew right from the start was a far better match for him than the inflated one.
