Lars and The Real Girl

Lars and The Real Girl is a story about Lars, who is an extremely shy man from a small town. He lives in the garage with his brother and sister-in-law, Gus and Karin. Despite being rather cute and well-liked by everyone in town, he is unable to maintain any form of physical contact or relationship with anyone, including his family.

The story took a twist when Bianca arrived. Bianca is a real doll that Lars ordered online. It is rather amazing to see how Lars manifest way to handle deep personal issues of death and abandonment which he had been struggling to do for years. On top of it, supportive family, doctor and town folk who accepted Bianca as a real woman. I guess love transcends everything in a perfect world.

As Lars learn to give love to Bianca, he also learn accept love from others. Losing his mom as a baby with no family support, Lars kept all his anger, disappointment and fear inside him for all these years. Like a blooming flower, Lars slowly opened up and took a leap out of his isolation towards the end of the movie. The story of Lars run deep on emotional issues that everyone deals with, lessen the extreme measures.

Personally, the movie has a rather intriguing story. However, I find that Ryan Gosling (Lars) still seem to lack the depth in portraying those deep emotions which Lars shouldered for many years. I do admit that it is definitely not easy for someone like Lars to walk outside his comfort zone. Tempo is a little slow but still a movie worth watching on weekend.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 fair clouds.