When a delusional loner buys a life-sized sex doll over the Internet, promptly falls in love with her and starts telling people that she's his girlfriend, his brother and sister-in-law decide it's time to intervene.
Wow, all I can say is this move goes way beyond it's title and description. It's a very powerful story about mental illness, loneliness, community and love. Not a single person gave a poor performance in this movie. It didn't win as many awards as it was nominated for, but it should have. The main credits for this would have to go to the Director Craig Gillespie and mostly the writer Nancy Oliver for coming up with such a heartwarming story.
It really catches you off guard where the story starts, as claimed Lars (Ryan Gosling) buys a sex doll and claims her as his girlfriend, but not in a comedic way. He actually believes she is alive. After his brother (Paul Schnider) and his sister-in-law (Emily Mortimer) take his new girlfriend Bianca to the doctors to find out more. This is where their doctor (Patricia Clarkson) advises the family to play along as it was a fragile mental state that Lars is in.
In my quest to find the right Valentines Day movies, this one is really good. It's a captivating story with no cheesy humor although still fun to watch. I wouldn't even call this movie a chick flick, it's just a really, really good story which is something I appreciate most in movies.
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