Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Film Review Vault: Lars and the Real Girl

Film: Lars and the Real Girl

Tagline: The search for true love begins outside the box...

Rotten Tomatoes: 81%
IMDB
Wikipedia

Coop's Take:
Lars is a very well-casted film with Gosling, again, showing his gifted range. Some may be turned off by the unrealistic premise, but with a little suspension of dramatic disbelief and a focus on the acting (Mortimer and Schneider are great together), the film is worth the time.

Ryan Gosling continues to make great career choices. Using The Notebook's pop success to leverage his acting career, his last three films have certainly stretched his obvious talent: Half Nelson, Fracture, and Lars (there are few actors who can hold their own against the incomparable Anthony Hopkins, let alone upstage him on screen).

Favorite Acting Scene:
Gosling, in the woods, singing to his "girlfriend."

Trivia:
  • shot in 31 days
  • In the scene where Lars is reading to Bianca, he is reading from Don Quixote (an ode to delusions)

Coop's Movie Rating: 7
Coop's Trailer Rating: 5

Trailer:


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A frothy Guinness to you for stopping by and another for coming back,
Stagekid



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