In The Dark – Lars and the Real Girl

Genre: Dramedy

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

Ebert gave it 3.5 stars

This movie could have been awful, this movie could have been like that one movie with Christina Ricci, Pumpkin, where she falls in love with a handicapped boy and everyone hates her for it. But it wasn’t, this movie was a breath of fresh air.

I’ve been a big fan of Ryan Gosling for a while now, and totally fell in love with him in Half Nelson. Again Gosling takes a risk by playing Lars, a socially awkward, shy young man who is living in his deceased parent’s home with his brother and sister-in-law. Actually he lives in a room in the garage. Lars goes through life avoiding human company at all costs. But it all changes when he meets Bianca, the inflatable doll. They start a relationship and soon the community embraces Bianca, the missionary from Brazil who is in a wheelchair, in hopes of helping Lars out of this strange slump he has fallen into. Lars shows us that even his relationship has ups and downs, yet he proves to be a loyal, genuine boyfriend through it all.

3.2.1 Action

Howdy Ho!  

It is said that everyone is a critic, some are movie critics. I self proclaim myself a critic of all things movies. This includes the movies themselves, actors, award shows, previews, viral stuff…all of it. This blog is dedicated to my praises, my rants, my quirks, my loves, my hates and everything in between related to the big screen. I’m no Ebert, but I still have things to say.   

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splicegirl