Lars and the Real Girl (2007): Quick-shot review!

I’m rewatching Lars and the Real Girl (2007) tonight, so I thought I’d reblog this vintage review of mine from early 2014 to celebrate. Lars and the Real Girl is truly a very special film and, now that I think about it, probably one of my favourite performances by the generally flawless Ryan Gosling. What do you think? Creepy, or awesome?

FILM GRIMOIRE

Starring the beautiful Ryan Gosling, before his famous “hey girl” internet meme, Lars and the Real Girl (2007) is a compelling character drama about the titular Lars – a shy, anti-social, but sweet young man who lives in his brother’s garage. Lars has a fairly insular life and barely interacts with his brother and his brother’s wife, despite his physical proximity to them. One day, he goes to work and a colleague is browsing a site that sells RealDolls – fairly realistic looking, life-size female companion dolls. Intrigued, Lars decides to buy one of these dolls. Enter RealDoll Bianca, a half Brazilian, half Danish, beautiful, well-developed woman with an intricate past. Lars and the Real Girl chronicles Lars’ relationship with Bianca, and Bianca’s relationship with everyone.

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Tags: comedy, craig gillespie, drama, dramedy, emily mortimer, film grimoire, film review, kelli garner, lars and the real girl, nancy oliver, patricia clarkson, paul schneider, real doll, romance, ryan gosling

13 comments

Sean · November 23, 2015 - 8:30 am · Reply→

Love this one!
1. Anna (Film Grimoire) · November 24, 2015 - 9:19 pm · Reply→
  
  Me too! It’s a cracker of a film.
mikeyb @ screenkicker · November 23, 2015 - 9:28 am · Reply→

I found it sweet and uplifting. Also I interviewed Emily Mortimer in the summer and she’s really good in this! *shameless name drop*!
1. Anna (Film Grimoire) · November 24, 2015 - 9:19 pm · Reply→
  
  Nice one! I’m going to have a look at that interview!
  1. mikeyb @ screenkicker · November 25, 2015 - 9:27 am · Reply→
    
    I haven’t written it up yet, but she was really nice and smelled nice too. Did that sound creepy?
    1. sweet Cheke · November 26, 2015 - 3:58 am · Reply→
      
      yes
    2. Anna (Film Grimoire) · November 30, 2015 - 9:20 pm · Reply→
      
      Depends on how the rest of the interview went! 😀
Zoë · November 23, 2015 - 5:54 pm · Reply→

I liked this one well enough. Weird to boot, but pretty good!
1. Anna (Film Grimoire) · November 24, 2015 - 9:18 pm · Reply→
  
  I love the combination of weird and good! Such a unique film.
Brittani · November 23, 2015 - 11:58 pm · Reply→

I liked this one, it’s been so long since I’ve seen it, I’ll have to give it a watch again.
1. Anna (Film Grimoire) · November 24, 2015 - 9:18 pm · Reply→
  
  It’s definitely worth the rewatch!
table9mutant · November 25, 2015 - 12:46 am · Reply→

Awesome & surprisingly not creepy. My favorite Gosling film. And he’s great in it. 🙂
1. Anna (Film Grimoire) · November 30, 2015 - 9:19 pm · Reply→
  
  Definitely one of my favourite Goslings as well! He’s pretty versatile. Between this and Drive, I’m not sure which one is my number one favourite.