08 February 2009

Lars and the Real Girl

I watched the above film the other day and it was beautiful and sweet. the premise sounds a little creepy as it's about a man who is has a relationship with a plastic sex doll. However the relationship isn't sexual at all, it's a way of Lars processing and dealing with some traumatic memories.
What is lovely about the film is that all his friends, family and work colleagues collectively choose to treat the doll as a real girl, just as Lars does. From essentially quite a weird idea the film ends up being a lovely depiction of a community pulling together to support one man on his journey.
Aside from that it is also worth watching just for the resuscitation of a teddy bear scene!

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