One of the best indie films i've seen a long time. I just finished watching it. I got to say that i'm incredibly impressed with Ryan Gosling performance in this movie, he owns the screen. I'm sure it was incredibly difficult to pretend that a doll could be a real person, but he never dropped the ball. Another actor that I'm starting to see in a wide variety films, which i have continually been impressed with is Paul Schneider. He has certain presence on screen which you just can't help but love. Patricia Clarkson, dominated her part as Dagmar, Lars(Gosling) therapist. The basic plot of this movie is about a recluse man named Lars who rarely interacts with people on a real deep personal level. He avoids as much contact as he possibly get away with. One day he shocks he's entire community by ordering a life like doll and introducing it as his girlfriend. His community and family are faced with the moral dilemma of dealing with it or having him committed. They chose to help him, and they play along with it. This movie shows the real effects a mental illness can have on a person and the social views that can occur, a subject which is not spoken about often. The community and family really pull together and show how caring people can really be. My rating for this movie is a 9/10!
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