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Lars and the Real Girl (2007) --> Lars (Ryan Gosling) is a thirty-something recluse who is afraid of human touch.  Shy to the point of shunning all intimate relationships, he orders a sex doll through the internet and substitutes her for a live girl friend.  The town he lives in, after explanations are given for his strange behaviour, accepts the doll (named Bianca) as a real person until Lars can begin his jouney back to the real world.

This film is funny, touching, sad, and has the ability to show what compassion and understanding can do for a person with emotional difficulties.  Nancy Oliver should be congratulated on a brilliant script. 


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The Wedding Singer (1998) --> The only Adan Sandler movie, other than his drama Punch Drunk Love, that is above average (even with Drew Barrymore's sub-par performance). The music, the dress, the absolute core of this movie is so blatently 80s, that it can't help but charm anyone who grew up at this period of time in the US or Canada. If anyone wishes to see what the popular fashion and music was in the mid-eighties, this film will display it; although in a more comical way.

Sandler has two musical scenes that are treat to watch. The first is an anger filled and The Cure inspired ode to his ex-girlfriend that will leave you laughing. The second is a charming love song romanticizing his feelings toward his new love interest on a flight to Las Vegas that pulls at your heart strings.

The only rom/com this reviewer has watched three times in one sitting, The Wedding Singer is one of the few films of this kind that guys will enjoy as much as women. Frank Coraci directed, who also did The Waterboy, another Sandler film, and Tim Herlihy wrote this gem of a film.

Scott D. Brown

Waking Ned Devine (1998) --> The British seem to be gaining ground on their American and Canadian counterparts in itelligent comedies. Movies like The Full Monty, Calendar Girls, and Waking Ned Devine are just three examples. Waking Ned Devine tells of a group of friends trying to collect on a massive lottery win after the winner dies of shock. The scenes involving trying to fool the lottery agent are spectacular, even if you see an old man running around nude. Directed and written by Kirk Jones.


Scott D. Brown

Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life (1983) --> One of the best comedies ever to grace the big screen. Monty Python's Flying Circus made the leap from British television comedy to movie greats without beating an eyelash. The puke scene in the restaurant, although quite disgusting, or maybe because of it, was one of the most humourous scenes in any movie ever. The corporate pirates' scenes were the only truly boring parts of the movie.

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