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story @ Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Lars and the Real Girl proves love is blind - and it can be inanimate as well. The film encourages us to buy dvd and look beyond the surface when we are dealing with people, and it just might be one of the more heart-warming and redemptive movies this year. The most poignant, well-acted and weirdly funny movie you’ll see this year. This charmer of a film is one that you will never forget. It’s funny, overtly moving and uplifting.

I want to see it again Manages to be, yes, sweet and sincere without ever tipping over either into saccharine schmaltz on the one hand or grossout territory on the other. You’ll pardon me if I feeling like burping just a tiny bit at screenwriter Nancy Oliver’s blend of pathos and heartland condescension.

Who would think that the story of a reclusive man and his mail-order sex doll would make a remarkably sensitive, tender, PG-13 romantic comedy? You’ll pardon me if I feeling like urping just a tiny bit at screenwriter Nancy Oliver’s blend of pathos and heartland condescension.

What’s remarkable about Lars and the Real Girl is the tightrope that screenwriter Nancy Oliver finesses, aided by her director and winning cast, between improbability and reality, edgy absurdist humor and melting tenderness. It’s a tonic. An often clumsy fable about the sting of loneliness and the welcome balm of selfless intervention. somehow finds just the right tone - two parts empathy, one part goofiness and not a trace of derision.

While occasional moments are as sweet as they’re meant to be, most of the movie is as fake and awkward as Bianca herself.

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