One of the biggest hits at this year's Toronto fest, "Lars and the Real Girl" is a love story played razor-straight, between a 27-year-old shut-in and the "anatomically correct" life-sized doll he buys off the Internet. As played by Ryan Gosling, Lars is an emotional non-entity, living in a small house next door to his brother and sister-in-law and communicating with no one else except his cubicle-mate at work. The doll's arrival at his door, in a giant wooden crate, knocks something loose and he's...
I'm really excited about this movie. I love Ryan Gosling, but havn't enjoyed many of the films that he's been in, despite the fact that I think he's been good in all of them. The concept of this movie looked pretty funny to me, so I think I'll really enjoy it.
I was really looking forward to seeing this. Until I saw that the director's previous film was Mr. Woodcock. I'm still looking forward to seeing this, but now only sorta.
Ryan Gosling's early films were actually some of his best. This film is fantastic. Gosling, no matter how beautiful/wonderful he may be, is a great method actor. x) Keep up the good work, sir.
Zoetica
NEWSWIRE
Portola Valley, CA
OCT 11, 2007 06:00 AM