Movie Analysis: Lars And The Real Girl

Craig Gillespie’s Lars and the Real Girl is a comedic drama that follows Lars, a sweet, yet socially inept young man, whose childhood has deeply affected his personality and ability to engage in social relationships. In an attempt to feel belonging and experience loving relationships, he purchases Bianca, a life-sized doll online. Lars journeys through dependence on Bianca for a sense of belonging and warm relationships, to engaging in ‘real-life’ relationships. The film illustrates Lars’ personality using Abraham Maslow’s humanistic conception of personality and Hans Eysenck’s trait conception.

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He stated he had gotten a girlfriend, for which his brother and sister-in-law seemed overjoyed. But, it turned out his so-called girlfriend was actually a life size doll. It seemed that Lars was having delusions, believing the plastic doll was a real girl. After some time, it also appears that he is using

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.

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.

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On top of all these things his brother left him. Growing up Lars was not given the proper loving needs. All these things greatly contribute to the way in which Lars acts. Lars has many of the same factors of those who have schizoid personality disorder. People who have this disorder usually shy away from interaction with people. They also lack a large range of emotions and this tends to drift in the field of relationships because people get the feel they are uninterested and do not care. When Lars is upset he cannot spend time with Bianca because she is busy he angrily goes outside to chop wood. His sister-in-law then comes outside to try and calm him down, they get in an argument and she tells him repetitively that he is cared for and loved by the whole community she explains that everyone is wanting to make Bianca feel welcome because she is his friend. Lars does not understand the relationship he has with the town. He is used to being alone and only being aware of this own emotions. Many of these factors relate to Lars and how his character acts in the film. When Lars takes Bianca to the doctor, he begins to get treatment (without

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We originally see Lars is introverted, withdrawn and a social recluse, but through the unconditional love and lack of criticism provided by Bianca, a life sized ‘real’ doll, we see him grow into a mature man who has found his place in society. The support the community shows, offers Lars the encouragement needed to develop healthier relationships with real people. Gillespie challenges the audience to accept those around us who may not fit in. He makes it our job to not give up on people, even when they have given up on themselves. As an audience we come to appreciate the healing power that one community can

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Lars was a 27-year-old man who works in a company. He was a bachelor. He never had a girlfriend. His mother died when he was born. Gus was his older brother. After his mother died, he and his brother and father live together. When his father became depressed, his brother (Gus) left home to go to other places to live. At the same time, Lars became very introverted.