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Lars and the Real Girl

2007

Craig Gillespie

Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner ...

6.7

13,687

Comedy. Drama. Romance Written by Six Feet Under scribe Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl is a heartfelt comedy starring Academy-Award nominated Ryan Gosling as Lars Lindstrom a loveable introvert whose emotional baggage has kept him from fully embracing life. After years of what is almost solitude, he invites Bianca, a friend he met on the internet to visit him. He introduces Bianca to his Brother Gus (Paul Schneider) and his wife Karen (Emily Mortimer) ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"A moral fable exploring kindness, understanding, love and the acceptance of human diversity."	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"It’s part comedy, part tragedy and 100 percent pure calculation, designed to wring fat tears and coax big laughs and leave us drying our damp, smiling faces as we savor the touching vision of American magnanimity"	NEG
United States	J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"Both hilarious and poignant, with a Capraesque humanity that caught me completely off guard."	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"At its core, 'Lars and the Real Girl' is a medical mystery on a par with the stories of Oliver Sacks (...) Gosling's performance is a small miracle"	POS
United States	Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"An endearing, intelligent and tender comedy from a premise that, in other hands, might sustain a five-minute sketch on TV."	POS
United States	David Ansen Newsweek	"Gillespie's movie walks a delicate line through a minefield of potential bad taste. Directed with patient, low-key sensitivity, it never goes for a cheap laugh at its protagonist's expense."	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"An example of how even the most ridiculous premise can be used to construct a smart, touching motion picture."	POS

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