12A | Comedy/Drama | 2 Screenings
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.
www.metacritic.com
"A perfect movie in all ways..."
MaryAnn Johanson – Flick Filosopher
"How this all finally works out is deeply satisfying. Only after the movie is over do you realise 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 in the Chicago Sun-Times
"A sweet, touching, beautifully crafted film"
Carol Westbrook – www.bbc.co.uk
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