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8.9 stars out of 10 (19 votes)  -  login or register to rate this film

Synopsis

Lars and the Real Girl is the touching, amusing, and humorous story about a man whose emotional baggage has kept him from fully embracing life. After years of what is almost solitude, Lars invites Bianca, a friend he met on the Internet, to visit him. He introduces Bianca to his brother Gus and his wife Karen and they are stunned. They don't know what to say to Lars or Bianca--because she is a life-size doll, not a real person, and he is treating her as if she is alive. They consult the family doctor, who explains that this is a delusion he's created--for what reason, she doesn't yet know, but they should all go along with it. What follows is an emotional journey for Lars and the people around him.

Film Information

• Genre: Comedy / Drama
• Director: Craig Gillespie
• Written By: Nancy Oliver
• Starring: Ryan Gosling, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Kelli Garner, and Paul Schneider
• Running Time: 106 minutes, approx.
• MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sex-related content
• Language: English
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Reviews

"It's nothing less than a miracle that the director, Craig Gillespie, and the writer, Nancy Oliver, have been able to make such an endearing, intelligent and tender comedy from a premise that, in other hands, might sustain a five-minute sketch on TV."

   - Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

"The movie is an idyllic view of life as it ought to be, rather than the way it is."

   - Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

"The creators of this film were fiercely determined not to go so much as a millimeter over the line into sentiment, tawdriness or mockery. It's the rare film that is the best possible version of itself, but"

   - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

"Gosling's performance is a small miracle, not only because he's so completely open as a man who's essentially shut off, but because he changes and grows so imperceptibly before our eyes."

   - Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

"How this all finally works out is deeply satisfying. Only after the movie is over do you realize what a balancing act it was, what risks it took, what rewards it contains. A character says at one point that she has grown to like Bianca. So, heaven help us, have we."

   - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Showtimes

• Wednesday, November 21st
  4:30 pm, 7:00 pm
• Friday, November 23rd
  2:00 pm, 4:30 pm, 7:00 pm
• Saturday, November 24th
  4:30 pm, 7:00 pm
• Sunday, November 25th
  2:00 pm, 4:30 pm
• Monday, November 26th
  4:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 9:30 pm
• Tuesday, November 27th
  7:00 pm, 9:30 pm
• Wednesday, November 28th
  7:00 pm
• Thursday, November 29th
  9:15 pm
• Friday, November 30th
  4:30 pm
• Saturday, December 1st
  7:00 pm, 9:30 pm
• Sunday, December 2nd
  4:30 pm
• Monday, December 3rd
  7:00 pm
• Tuesday, December 4th
  9:15 pm