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'Lars and the Real Girl' Trailer..... odd, odd, ODD!

  • 09-08-2007 5:18pm
    #1
    Basq
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    Trailer @ Apple.com | IMDb Page

    Ryan Gosling is one of my favourute actors. Consistently puts in a wonderful performance whether the film is great ('The Believer', 'Half Nelson') or not so great ('Stay', 'Murder By Numbers').

    He typically likes the role of anyone whose character is dysfunctional and / or psychotic (or sometimes just "slightly off").

    And along comes 'Lars and the Real Girl' which is just simply put, very odd - it doesn't look zany enough to be a slapstick comedy and kinda steers into quite dramatic territory in the latter stages of the trailer.

    And amazingly enough it's getting a wide release in the States in October. It looks like more of an indie flick but i'd be interested to see how they can make this premise last the 90 - 100 minutes:
    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) 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 though she is alive. They consult the family doctor Dagmar (Patricia Clarkson) who explains 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.


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