Review of Lars and the Real Girl (2007) by Kayleigh M — 05 Sep 2012

Sweet and touching. Generous script. Gosling and Mortimer are superb.

This review of Lars and the Real Girl (2007) was written by Kayleigh M on 05 Sep 2012.

Lars and the Real Girl has generally received very positive reviews.

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