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Dan in real life is a cliche romantic comedy with better acting (something I enjoy)

energeez 4 months ago

What's with this "believability" criteria!? A movie doesn't have to be believable to be profound, insightful and touching! Do I actually believe that a town would go along with Lars' delusion as in this movie? Absolutely not! But does that take away from the beautiful message of this wonderful film, with the lead brilliantly portrayed by Ryan Goslin? Absolutely not! Is the movie "It's a Wonderful Life" any less profound because it's not believable? No way! ZuZu's petals for the win!!

plutogirllovekj 1 year ago

The look on Lorenzo's face when Marcia mentioned her yoga class...PRICELESS!!

Saw "Lars and the Real Girl" a couple days ago and I LOVED it. The quirky premise of the film drew me in (a drama involving a SEX DOLL??). I was expecting crass comedy but in the end, I was touched by the movie's humanity. The townsfolk's acceptance of Bianca as being a "real girl" was unrealistic but it served the purpose of establishing Lars as a valued person and not simply as a freak to be ignored and/or mocked.

jademm 1 year ago

Regarding Lars and the Real Girl: Wow, Lorenzo is surprisingly off-point on this one. Marcia hits the nail on the head. If anything, Lars is far more "European" than Dan.

smiziley 1 year ago

Dan in Real Life was really good! Steve Carell was brilliant as Dan.

EricCartmania 2 years ago

I LOVED Lars and the Real Girl.

Dan in Real Life was okay...

ObsessionTML 2 years ago

Both were dry and Lars had no believability. The notion that a town would be selfless enough to help Lars with his problem are both laughable and sad.

FalconMan1960 2 years ago

i liked both

MoiDeCoentro 2 years ago

I have to side with Marcia BIG TIME on this one, to say you love dan and hate lars is a joke,Lars is a beautifull and moving film Dan is watchable sugary sickening dirge

keflar5 2 years ago 2

Lars and the Real Girl is brilliant, Dan in Real Life is horrid, horrid cliche crap. (Cliches aren't necessarily bad, but when you have a movie hitting *every* single sitcom cliche it's painful)

sonic3305 3 years ago 6

@sonic3305

Well you are entitled to your opinion, but I disagree completely. Lars and Real Girl went nowhere. It was trying too hard. It screamed "LOOK! THIS IS AN INDIE MOVIE!" Dan in Real Life is, like Marcia said, escapist and not based in reality, but it's just a lovable little diverting slice of pie in that way. It is definitely cliched, but at the very least I think it has a heart and soul.

cometrally 1 year ago

I loved Dan In Real Life and I liked Lars And The Real Girl. Both movies are driven by the performance of the leading men. Without the performances of Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling, both films would have been much worse!

TheDirty77 3 years ago

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old people suck..

... and they smell like old milk.

colMcJeasy 3 years ago

More comic gold. These two are great.

epstone1 3 years ago 3

i like the woman's opinion

RefusetoListen 3 years ago 3

See the basic masculine and feminine archetypes of these two's generation. The guy which represents the patriarch has owned the world, as james brown sings, its a mans world and for 1 million years the grandmothers ruled the earth in peace. Its easy to see here why.

YOUniverse2012 3 years ago

I loved Lars and the Real Girl, but wasn't at all impressed with Dan in Real Life.

JodyLynn77 3 years ago 2

...i absolutly LOVED lars and the real girl. this guy is weird...?

jaigurudevaummm 3 years ago

I didn't like Lars And The Real Girl but I HATED Dan in Real Life.

reflexrules 3 years ago 2

I loved both of those movies. Does that mean I can be friends with Marcia and Lorenzo?

skoorby 3 years ago 2

funny*

Prodigious1One 3 years ago

I totally agreed w/Marcia. LOVED the movie, Ryan Gosling, and felt it was quite touching and believable.

cyclemom 3 years ago 2

I actually agreed with the both of them... haha.

figs77 3 years ago

Lorenzo's sense of humor is contagious...

fehquig 3 years ago

ow, look at marcia in her sassy red leather coat!

tykemeawaywyou 3 years ago

I think Lars was a great movie. I agree with Marcia. I think the man was thinking there was going to be some action going on. Do you not have a heart? This is about a man who lost his mother because she gave birth to him and never got to meet her, Dad who was depressed, a brother who left. Lars did not know how to relate to women. I cried a lot when Ryan was feeling sad. Dan in real life was OK. I'm a Steve's fan but it does not compare at all. I hated how Dan wood chase her like a dog.

jeannie1 3 years ago

"Age'd yoga class, to me; is a horrifying concept."

One of the best quotes I've seen for a long time. :)

seek83 3 years ago

Loved Lars and the Real Girl. Watch it. Ryan Gosling is an amazing actor, and the film is fascinating, moving, funny, heartfelt. Good movie.

Spooly 3 years ago 2

Can you do a review of gone baby gone.

cooldudedood 3 years ago

These reviews are awesome. Thanks for mentioning Love Object. That film is brilliant and really takes the "relationship with a sex doll" delusion to a truly interesting level.

ieashaluv 3 years ago

these guys are cool, Lars is a great film

keflar5 3 years ago

I love Marcia "I know you like rich white people" she is underappreciated

Kathespoonmonkey 3 years ago 3

You're right, Marcia is more sophisticated. I suppose it's good to have the two perspectives though

Ranxerox2006 3 years ago

It seems Marcia has more sophistication when it comes to taste in movies. If Lorenzo has to have action in his movies he's going to miss out on a lot of great movies.

oscarstegland 3 years ago

I agree with marcia about Lars--it was lovely. It's a great indicator of whether someone has empathy and kindness in their heart if they like that movie. Dan in real life was just ok, Emily Blunt was the best part--all 5 minutes of her!

suebee411 3 years ago 3

lorenzo's look when maria mentions yoga is priceless. this dude is my new hero.

page141 3 years ago

cool

patpet7 3 years ago

I did enjoy 'Dan in Real Life' but didn't think it lived up to the initial promise. It fell back into cliche & got unreal with the talent contest nonsense, but still an enjoyable film.

markjeppo 4 years ago

I agree with Marcia. Dan In Real Life was so contrived it was hard to watch.

SwansonBlvd 4 years ago

I agree with Marcia concerning "Dan in Real Life." That family was overbearingingly upbeat. I had a panic attack just spending the length of the movie with them. The family games, the working out in the yard, the talent show? That happy ending would be short-lived I bet. I do agree with Lorenzo that the kernal of the story is great. It's a perfect dilema but everything surrounding it was so sickly sweet and contrived it undermined the "real" story.

zombeetrix 4 years ago

hahah i loved lorenzo's views on dan in real life, i totally agree with him. It was a great film. I'll admit there were some obvious cliches, but all in all I was very happy with dan in real life. great reviews you two!

rodgerswan 4 years ago

i so agree with the husband on lars and the real girl! that movie did not reach me at all, and the townpeople were so unbelievable.

Amber477 4 years ago

Marcia is insane.

asromab3 4 years ago

You guys are really cute! And I agree with Lorenzo on Dan in Real Life

bellaxemilyxforever 4 years ago

Yesterday I wrote a comment stating that the female geezer has no evolved sense of love because she unlike the male geezer was unable to feel the true feelings in Dan. The male geezer agreed. This was not a slight, but a remark about awareness of which there are infinite levels. In Dan. the quote"Love is not an emotion-it is an ability" speaks to this. Why erase? Are we not democratic? What are you afraid of--knowledge of your own level?

tonireed1 4 years ago

I agree with lorenzo, i loved Dan in Real Life! Good reviews you guys :D

bleachkurosaki567 4 years ago

I agree with Lorenzo

bar22886 4 years ago

lorenzo listen to your wife, she's right as usual ;)

pariah23 4 years ago 3

how can she be correct if she knows not how to feel the moment. As Lorenzo pointed out you have never felt in this way.

tonireed1 4 years ago

Kidz, they ARE NOT MARRIED.

Just good ol' friends.

Check out the LA Times story.

ottoskidoo 4 years ago 2

lorenzo is worldly and marcia is very pc. in total agreement about michael clayton and was so glad that you knew he wasn't going to die. thought the scene with the horses subtle and beautifully non-written. was able to watch three days of the condor more than once. so happy to have found you.

mikiwarner 4 years ago

I hope you guys get famous. You should be on the Today Show or something.

okonh0wp 4 years ago 2

These two adorable, intelligence, knowledgeable people beat the other TV reviewers hands down. Why? Because they helped to make pictures. They understand structure. At the same time, they show us who each is by sharing their emotional responses with us. Their disagreements just make me like them and respect them more. Thank you reel geezers!

camrant 4 years ago