Quality of Lars and the Real Girl
Added 3/8/2010
The price on the DVD was very reasonable and the shipping costs were great. The problem is that the movie was breaking down in several places and i lost the audio and video due to the quality. It was for a school assignment so I ended up renting one at a movie store and found that I missed a good part of the DVD on the one I received. So i guess you could say I got my money's worth. Low price and low quality.
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A Tour De Force
Added 2/21/2010
Wow, totally not what I expected! We are all different and Lars is no exception - he does hold a steady job and drive a car, but he keeps to himself. I would think that if: my mother died when she had me; I was raised by a father with a broken heart; and I had an older brother who could not wait to get out of town then I would probably be in much worse shape than Lars.
This movie is really about small town America, the community, neighbors and folks from church have watched over Lars to make sure he was alright. When his older brother and pregnant wife move back to town, they take over the house and Lars lives in the garage. Lars' sister-in-law wants him to be a part of their family and have breakfast and dinner with them. Lars would rather be alone. How would you react when you are confronted with a sister-in-law who you think might have similar pregnancy complications and possibly lose her life in childbirth? Lars seeks out a relationship with Bianca who is wheelchair bound and the daughter of Brazilian and Danish missionaries.
Bianca becomes an integral part of the town - getting her hair done with the girls at the beauty parlor, going to church, getting treatments from the doctor, reading to the sick kids at the hospital, etc. These time commitments cause tensions with Lars and cause him to grow and face some hard facts.
A touching, warm, story about how a different person ultimately grows up and begins to live.
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Lars and the Real Girl
Added 2/11/2010
This was one of the best movies ever. It is a wonderful story of love and redemption and compassion and the difference that can be made in one person's life when that person receives all of these unconditionally.
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Profound at many levels
Added 2/10/2010
I viewed this movie in the setting of a Clergy conference on Family Systems Theory & triangulation. It was absolutely amazing. I can't quit talking/thinking about it. Acting was strong, convincing, & believable. For those who gave this move a negative review & only a 1 star rating, what a pity; they just didn't get beneath the outside thin layer of the onion & unpack the story. I could watch it again & again, & will probably buy it for home use & small group studies & discussions.
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The DVD was poor quality and would pause and skip.
Added 2/7/2010
The DVD was poor quality and would pause and skip. Even though it was advertised as being in it's original wrapper,obviously it was still of a lesser quality than what is available in a store.
Second rate quality should be advertised as such.
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