Indigo-Daisy

When I first walked past this movie in the video store I saw the pink cover with a dorky looking guy on the front and thought to myself "that looks like a really stupid move".

But then as I was looking through a review on another movie, I spotted the pink cover again with a note that said if I really liked the movie that I was currently reviewing I would probably like this one.

So the next time I was at the video store I picked up the box, turned it over and started reading the synopsis. It was about a guy that falls in love with a doll. Ok, now that just sounded plain weird to me, however it piqued my curiosity as to why it got such good reviews so I went ahead and rented it.

To my surprise, it was a very good movie and different than anything I have ever seen before.

It was a love story about a young man who could not allow anyone to emotionally get close to him or even touch him. He lived alone with his brother and sister in-law in their garage and his sister in-law was beginning to suspect that something was really wrong with Lars because he was getting more and more seclusive and she could never get him to come over to spend time with them.

Lars kept a job and went to work every day. He was a little quirky but seemed like an ordinary quirky kind of guy. That is until his co-worker started talking about this site that sells life sized dolls that were anatomically correct (vagina and all). A couple scenes later this box shows up at his door, and there you go, Lars has a new girlfriend.

The funniest scene in the whole movie was when Lars (who has all of a sudden come out of his shell) introduces his new girlfriend Bianca to his brother and sister in-law.

It turns out that this was not really a love story about Lars and the doll, or about Lars and a girl, it was simply a beautiful and touching love story about how his family and the people in his community loved him.

It was laugh out loud funny, touching, and it really made you look at how you view people. It also reinforced the fact that you can not judge a book (or a movie) by its cover.

I highly recommend this film if you are in the mood from a light, uplifting comedy that will cheer your soul.