This is a good movie. I said it aloud while I watched it. I was sitting on the floor half-watching it while I played with my son, and I glanced over at my wife and said, "This is a good movie." She agreed. It's the kind of movie you have to watch once in a while as a reminder of what a good movie looks like. With Kristen Stewart still acting, you need that every once in a while.
The movie stars Ryan Gosling (in a role not intended to make girls wet, surprisingly) as an introverted man named Lars. One day Lars shows up at his brother's house with his new girlfriend: an expensive real-life sex doll (the kind you pay thousands of dollars for because they're anatomically correct...). Lars treats the doll as if she is a real-life Brazilian woman named Bianca. Lars' brother thinks he's crazy, but the small town doctor encourages him to go along with Lars' delusion. Pretty soon the entire town is playing along, inviting Bianca to parties, electing her to the school board, and hiring her part-time at the local department store.
The concept sounds like it should be some madcap comedy starring a Wyans brother or something, but this is a subtle, sweet indie comedy, and that's what makes it such a great movie. The writing is smart, and the acting all around is phenomenal. Ryan Gosling should have at least gotten a nomination for his performance, and Patricia Clarkson is especially house as Dr. Dagmar. Oh, but the best actress in the film is Kelli Garner for acting like a mousy, awkward co-worker of Lars' when she is actually smoking hot (check out her pics online if you don't believe me). Damn those puppy-concealing sweaters!
My favorite part of the movie is the ending when Lars starts to fall for Margo, an actual flesh and blood human being, but he's still "dating" his sex doll, Bianca. So he does what any honorable man does when he wants to leave his current chick for a new one: HE KILLS HER OFF! Ha! That's right, he kills off his sex doll. All of a sudden Bianca gets "sick" and dies, and Lars is such a pimp he actually macs Margo at Bianca's funeral! Now that's a playa!
Why It's Awesome:
You take a great concept (delusional man parades around with sex doll as if it's real), write a smart script, and populate the movie with solid actors. That's how you make a good movie. Oh, and don't let Kristen Stewart anywhere near the thing.
Best Quote:
Dagmar: You won't be able to change his mind, anyway. Bianca's in town for a reason.
Gus: But - but...
Dagmar: It's not really a choice.
Karin: Okay. Okay, all right, we'll do it, whatever it takes.
Gus: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And everyone's gonna laugh at him.
Dagmar: And you.
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