Lars and The Real Girl
My adventure starts with me being deprived of having sleep due to my own foolishness, then having to drive all the way from Jo’burg to Durban and then trying to sleep when getting home but it did not work at all…during the process of bribing myself to sleep the ol’ cell phone started to tinkle…giving it all my strength I answered only to be surprised by the voice of a fren who I haven’t heard from or seen in ages…the just of the whole conversation was a plot to convince me to go to movies…well not really but that’s how it plays out in my head anyways…this is when she starts telling me about the film…
I had mixed reservations about this film when I first got the general synopsis from a fren who eventually twisted my arm to go and watch it…I thought what the hang I got nothing better to do plus she offered to pay for me so score…and this is when the “Lars and The Real Girl” adventure started… The film basically evolves around this guy called Lars, who lives in the garage of his parents home…he also seems to have a phobia towards woman around his own age…He eventually decides to buy a blow up doll off the internet, who then in turn becomes his girlfriend Bianca. The whole town eventually decides to play along with the whole idea in order for Lars to work out his own inner emotions and issues. The film has loads of little moments and a couple of laughs here and there…I would definitely recommend “Lars and the Real Girl” for people who have an open mind. It’s refreshing to watch a film like this because it leaves you with a sense of “Maybe my life is not that bad”.
