Lars and the Real Girl
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: October 12, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
24
Mixed:
6
Negative:
2
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50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
You can approach it as a surreal story -- you'd have to, to find value in it -- but happy chuckles are miles away from the point. Read full review
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Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Really, I think we put up with Lars at all only because Gosling has such an affinity for the wounded boy birds he tends to play that it's easy to watch him do his thing. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Gosling is the film's salvation: He really is good enough to make this underwritten fantasy feel as though it amounts to something. But it doesn't. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
It’s part comedy, part tragedy and 100 percent pure calculation, designed to wring fat tears and coax big laughs and leave us drying our damp, smiling faces as we savor the touching vision of American magnanimity. It holds a flattering mirror up to us that erases every distortion. Read full review
50
SlateDana Stevens
Heartfelt but muddled film. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
In spite of the title, there's nothing particularly "real" about Lars And The Real Girl, just a couple layers of quirk several stops removed from the world as we know it. Read full review
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