Movie: Lars and the Real Girl

Watched the above movie on PPV last night, been meaning to see it since it came out (2007). I figured it must have some angle, some clever plot element beyond the obvious gimmick of a lonely guy talking to his sex doll. I knew that much from previews.

Nope.

That's all it is.

Long awkward moments, unbelievable scenes of the family and townspeople going along with it for Lars' sake, scene after scene of the doll dressed up and posed in company without ever showing how it got there.

Worst. Movie. Ever.

How this piece of shit ever got made is a mystery.

Many similarities to "Her" but without the humor, irony, clever dialog and poignant scenes. How the F*** does it rate 81% at Rotten Tomatoes?

Incidentally... poking around on the RealDoll.com website (just to, um, refresh my memory) and then linking around to related websites (research!) I ran across some images of another doll a different company puts out. Similar to a RealDoll but about 2/3 the size. Still proportioned like an adult, but the size of a child. Very, VERY disturbing images. If you thought the fullsize doll was creepy (reading the testimonials will give you shivers) the child-size doll is the stuff of nightmares.

"poking around"? Uh huh.