Film Analysis: Lars And The Real Girl

This paper explores the Movie “It’s Complicated” a 2009 romantic comedy film, based of the novel written by Nancy Meyers. In this movie Jane and Jake Adler are a divorced couple of ten years. They start a secret love affair in New York, at their son’s graduation. While Jake is trying to have a family with his much younger wife, Agnes. I will be looking at if this is a possible mid-life crisis, genetics, or if it a developmental issue of Jake for wanting to be with his first wife, Jane.

The movie Grown-Ups (2010) is about a group of high school friends who reunite after their beloved high school basketball coach passes away during the summer. The main characters that make up this particular group of friends include Lenny Fedder (Adam Sandler), Eric Lamonsoff (Kevin James), Kurt Mckenzie (Chris Rock), Marcus Higgins (David Spade), and Rob Hillard (Rob Shneider). The childhood buddies come together at a funeral and decide to take their families on a getaway trip. They believe it would be a good idea to rent a rundown cabin on the lakeside and have their families enjoy the great outdoors while spending time with each other over the Fourth of July week. However, this particular group of adults now have kids and wives who are very

Upon the arrival of Bianca, we see a false thaw in the weather. As Lars introduce Bianca to Karin (Lars’s sister in law) and Gus(Lars’s brother) the false thaw signifies Lars begging to open himself up to Karin and Gus through the arrival of Bianca. The deceptive thaw, a few patches grass and a glimmer of sunlight, symbolizes Lars emotional retrieval. Through the unconditional love and lack of criticism he desires Bianca provides him, Lars begins to interact with the community having Bianca close by as a protective armor. However it is only false thaw, as Bianca is only plastic and will never be able to provide him with true fulfillment. However the way the community plays along with Bianca gives lars the chance to find his own identity in his own time and in his own way. As an audience we see the immense healing power a community can have if the come together to support an individual.

A new and alarming trend that has been occurring in American society is the increase of violence committed by young women. The documentary Girlhood offers an insight on the emotional, psychological, and social reasoning behind the girl’s actions. Girlhood focuses on the life of two young juveniles, Shanae Owens and Megan Jensen both incarcerated for violent crimes. Shanae and Megan both experienced similar circumstances that yielded different outcomes. They were followed for a period of about three years which allowed viewers to really see what kind of role the justice system, family and peers have on the success of an at risk juvenile.

“Cold, shiny, hard, plastic.”, one of the most popular quotes from the movie, Mean Girls. Mean Girls is a teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters and screenplay by Tina Fey. This film is loosely based on a book called “Queen Bees and Wannabees” by Rosalind Wiseman which is a self-help book that describes all of the cliques in high school and how they can have a huge effect on girls. But the movie itself is about the sociopolitical climate of the average American “high school”. The movie was made in 2004 and set in Evanston, Illinois, but the film was shot in Toronto, Canada. The film stars Lindsey Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and many more comedic actors and actresses. I chose to do an analysis on the movie, Mean Girls, because I wanted to see if people would agree with my perspective, which is that this movie does correctly show the real life mean girl situations and how girls can overcome the popularity contests.

Lars Eighner changed in seconds to begin searching in dumpsters to survive. For example in the essay Lars says " dumpster diving is outdoor work, often surprisingly pleasant” (pg 243) meaning that even though it's not the most comfortable thing to do he finds joy and is happy doing it . Another example set in the essay was " I am very pleased when I can turn up exactly the thing I most wanted to find”(pg 243) keep diving & looking something valuable so he take or sometimes some left over food so he could feed himself. But overall

In the beginning of the movie, Lars is a painfully shy and eccentric individual. He has troubles with relating to people and often avoids contact with others. His disinterest in connecting with others and forming relationships is the fear of being abandonment. His mother’s death at childbirth has triggered his fear and anxiety and is thus heightened by Karin’s pregnancy with Gus. He has also felt abandonment from his father for not filling that void that he longed for emotionally.

Because Henrik knows Konrad very well, he is confident in properly confronting him. The anticipation of Konrad coming back is what inspired Henrik to wait all that time in the castle. The trust in their relationship can be seen when the moment of truth arises. Despite Henrik knowing the fact that Konrad attempted to kill him and being unfaithful with his partner, Krisztina. He strongly holds dear to the faith which he has in Konrad. His calculated demeanor and diction can be depicted in this

Lars is very different from most people. In Lars and the Real Girl it is obvious that there is something very wrong with him mentally. HIs family doesn’t think anything of it until he brings home a life size doll who he claims is his girlfriend. Her name is Bianca and he creates a whole life for her but it all is really in his head.

One of Nancy Oliver’s movies, Lars and the Real Girl, directed by Craig Gillespie, was brought into theaters in 2007. This movie has a multiple amount of lessons or purposes, such as, acceptance, realization of reality, and love. The main plot is when the whole community chooses to accept and treat Bianca, a doll, just as Lars. Lars is played by Ryan Gosling in this film. During this, Karin, played by Emily Mortimer, is very accepting, but Gus, portrayed by Paul Schneider, is disgusted with his brother’s, Lars, actions. In the story, Bianca visits the doctor on a regular basis because she has health issues per Lars. While Bianca is at the doctor, Lars is undergoing therapy. Lars had no idea that he was getting help.

The character of Lars seems to be a fantastical person who couldn’t really exist in real life. Truth is, there are many people like him who struggle to have relationships with others due to mental illness. Lars is able to find a way to channel his insecurities of personal relationships onto Bianca, whom is a realistic looking sex doll. Ironically, Lars never has sex with Bianca, he treats her as a real human being and forces his community to accept Bianca in ways he never imagined. This acceptance from the community turns out to effect how Lars views Bianca over time, and they unknowingly help Lars grow to have feelings for a real girl named Margot.

Frozen is a movie about two sisters whose parents have passed away. Because the parents have passed away, the older sister Elsa became the queen who also has powers. Those powers that no one knew about until one bad, her powers went out of control. Another reason it was a bad day was because some people thought she was not capable of running the entire kingdom especially without a king by her side. They all wanted her to find a suitor and get married so their kingdom could be better ruled. Due to the events her powers got more out of hand and brought an endless winter storm which caused Elsa to run away leaving her younger sister Anna to find Elsa and save the kingdom. The kingdom had to save by not only the storm but from the guy who is

Lars Lindstrom is a 27 year old Caucasian male. He has short brown hair, a brown mustache and brown eyes. Lars is a Christian, and is often see at his local church or reading the bible. Although he owns half of his parent’s house, he lives in the garage, which he has made into a studio apartment. His education level is not mentioned, although he has a job that supports him, so he must be educated to some extent. At the beginning of the film Lars is single, though throughout the movie he enters into two different relationships (Kimmel & Gillespie 2007).

Girl, Interrupted is a captivating and striking film about the struggle of coming to terms with mental health and overcoming personal obstacles to allow treatment and support. While the main character Susanna Kaysen stays in the Claymoore psychiatric hospital, she is introduced to a whole new world, one where she is forced to confront the fact that she has a mental illness and needs professional help.

As a result from having Bianca and the support from his family and friends, Lars is able to fully grow into a mature adult man. The gap between illusion and reality has been bridged, as Lars realizes his true wants and needs after he creates and ultimately destroys Bianca. Lars is now able to have intimate moments with people and be able to touch them without feeling pain. This is most evident in the bowling scene with Margo. Margo invites him to go bowling with her, and Lars comments that Bianca is unable to come because of a meeting. Usually, Lars would reject any social gathering, especially without the accompaniment of Bianca, though this time he accepts. Lars becomes a participant rather than just an observer. He realizes that he enjoyed his time with Margo, however he tells her that he could never cheat on Bianca. Lars is still holding on to Bianca’s existence, but he feels that he may be ready to let go and have a relationship with someone real. This scene is also where Lars allows himself to shed one of his layers and shake Margo’s hand — a huge leap in his development. There is, however, a false thaw when it begins to snow again, symbolizing that Lars is still not fully out of his shell, as long as Bianca exists. This shows the main conflict between illusion and reality that Lars must be able to reconcile. In order to have a relationship with someone real, he must let go of Bianca. The reading in the church in the next scene is significant in Lars’s development. The reading says, “When I was a child, I spoke as a