# Lars and the Real Girl: possible spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lars-and-the-real-girl-possible-spoilers/424473 "2007-10-29T18:04:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lars-and-the-real-girl-possible-spoilers/424473/1 "2007-10-29T18:04:35Z")
This movie didn’t have its own thread yet, so I thought I’d start one. We saw this movie this weekend and were delighted! I found it to be really funny, moving, sad, and joyful. But mostly funny. 😃 The basic plot is (without giving too much away): A sweet, but emotionally challenged/damaged/immature man buys himself a girlfriend – a lifesize (very 🙂 ) realistic doll. He seems to believe that it is actually alive, and the rest of the small northern town go along with it for his sake. I used this as an example to my immigrant wife of the “best” of small-town America – how we take care of our own. What were your favorite parts of the movie? J. ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lars-and-the-real-girl-possible-spoilers/424473/2 "2007-10-30T00:39:50Z")
[QUOTE=jharvey963] We saw this movie this weekend and were delighted! I found it to be really funny, moving, sad, and joyful. But mostly funny. 😃 [/QUOTE] Here’s a gentle bump… I’m surprised there’s been no response. I put this movie as the best “small movie” of the year that I’ve seen. (And we see a lot of movies-- at least 100 a year.) Has anyone else seen it, or am I the only one? 😃 I’d compare this movie to Death at a Funeral, which I really liked. I think “Lars…”, however, is even better than Death at a funeral. Ok, ok, I’ll just sit here patiently while you go out and see it. Then we can talk about it. This is me on my sofa, twiddling my thumbs. J. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lars-and-the-real-girl-possible-spoilers/424473/3 "2007-10-30T00:52:04Z")
My husband and I saw it, and we loved it. It’s very sweet and funny. I think there must have been a lot of angsty scenes that explained more about why Lars was the way he was, but were left on the cutting room floor. I think that was a good choice, you just had to accept him the way he was, just as the townspeople accepted Bianca. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a gentle comedy. ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lars-and-the-real-girl-possible-spoilers/424473/4 "2007-11-17T03:43:21Z")
I just saw this. I felt like I knew those people and that town. And I don’t think I’ve cried over a doll since the time my brother broke my barbie when I was like five, but man, I was all ablubber by the end. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lars-and-the-real-girl-possible-spoilers/424473/5 "2007-11-17T04:47:26Z")
In another thread I had mentioned how much we liked this film. If you like those “quirky” British films like Waking Ned Devine and Calendar Girls, you will like this film.