Lars and the real girl

"Lars and Real Real Girl" could have been a ridiculous film and yet it works because of the acting (particularly of Ryan Gosling) and the script. A portrait of male loneliness, it features the life of one awkward man's struggle with making human connections. On the suggestion of his office buddy, Lars orders an anatomically correct doll rather than succumb to the overtures of a female co-worker or women from his church.

His brother and sister-in-law humor him but privately are scared for his mental health. So they play along but want him to regularly see a psychologist whose sessions and recommendations only feed into the black humor and the dramedy presented here. Eventually the whole town humors Lars.

The premise of the film, at first glance audacious, has become increasingly less far-fetched as society flirts with AI and the promise of doing away with authentic and complex human relations in a technology driven world.

I guess we are all a little crazy are we not?

On Tubi and recommended.