I agree with Barbara Nicolosi.
Lars is a gentle, quirky little movie. You have be patient with it, as the story, like the tiny mid-Western town in which it unfolds, definitely takes its time. But it takes its time in that good, gradual, cumulative way in which life lessons are learned. Notwithstanding its measured pace, Lars is still a smart film, without being the least bit arch. You walk away thinking,, among other things, don’t let the accents fool you, those small town folks have wisdom, which is a better thing than hip wit.
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Larsis a satisfying, charming and compassionate movie that handles its central improbable plot-point with the patient sigh in which so much of the freakishness of modern life has been met in the unweird, measured life of a small town. These people have given up trying to understand the mystery of the human person, especially in the modern age. They have elected to accept people in a kind of “he’s not heavy, he’s my brother” kind of way. Beautiful script, beautiful story, beautiful direction, performances and complementary production design and cinematography.
And those are some of the reasons why Lars is my favorite comedy of the year, and among my top five films of 2007.
