#nancy oliver

[didanagy]

ANGELA LANSBURY in GASLIGHT (1944)

dir. george cukor

[mametupa]

[the-poppy-outie-effect]

I'm currently in a production of Oliver! as Bet, the teenage girl who follows around the leading lady, Nancy (as a trans man, it's like drag for me. I'm having a great time) and I'm playing her SOOOOO in love with Nancy it's not even funny. Nancy singing? Heart eyes. Nancy being funny? Heart eyes x10. Nancy getting threatened by her shitass boyfriend? Highly concerned and overprotective heart eyes. I believe firmly that this is the ideal reading of this character.

[bombateazer]

Happy 33rd birthday to the amazing Samantha Barks! (2nd October)

[the-celluloid-correspondent]

Lars and the Real Girl

A delusional young man strikes up an unconventional relationship with a sex doll he found online.

Lars and the Real Girl is a film that is weird, depressing, and yet, uplifting. Throughout the film, I was just filled with loneliness and depression, just like Lars. Even after watching this film, I still don't know what emotion I would use to describe it other than depressing. Craig Gillespie and Nancy Oliver have truly crafted an unconventional love story within mental illness.

The story is a hard look at mental illness and the effects of loneliness. While watching the film you can tell that Lars clearly has mental health issues. Lars's character is both creepy and caring at the same time. We see him come to terms with his fears as he becomes more and more attached to his doll. It's both depressing and creepy to me. I could heavily relate to his loneliness but was creeped out by his way of finding his happiness. However, in the end, I guess it gave him what he needed to take on the real world.

Ryan Gosling steals the show in this film. I am so used to seeing him in roles as the charismatic and charming man, that to see him play a mentally ill loner was shocking. He showed off a range that I had no idea he had. He perfectly portrays a man just looking for a partnership, but is so afraid of humans he resorts to a doll. Emily Mortimer is excellent as a woman who just wants to help her brother-in-law but does not know how. Patricia Clarkson was another performance that I was surprised by. The rest of the performances in this film were great.

The cinematography and the score were outstanding in this film. I would say my biggest complaint with this film, was that the entire town essentially played with Lars's fantasy. I was expecting Lars to face some kind of bullying or harassment from the locals. At one point I was expecting him to be jumped and heated, but nope. It feels bad that I am saying this, but this would have been a conflict that I would have liked to have seen because it would have been the most realistic. Other than that, this film is nothing but depression and loneliness with a glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel.

I am giving Lars and the Real Girl, a B+.

[directorsnarrative]

Lars and the Real Girl • Director Craig Gillespie

[schiavonaintherye]

this is short as fuck but anyway ever wondered which adaptational nancy you are

well know you can learn in my shitty uquiz

i wanted to jump on the uquiz bandwagon and I Love Nancy so yeah i created this

[genevieveetguy]

- Have there been any changes in the family in the last year or so? - No, everything is pretty much exactly the same except Karin is pregnant and Lars is nuts. - You know, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. What we call mental illness isn't always just an illness. It can be a communication, it can be a way to work something out. - Fantastic. When will it be over? - When he doesn't need it anymore. - How can we help? - Go along with it.

Lars and the Real Girl, Craig Gillespie (2008)