Lars and the Real Girl

Lars and the Real Girl:

        Lars is the younger brother of the story who has a mental illness caused by events and experiences in his childhood. When he is older, he buys a life-size doll that he thinks is his girlfriend to help him with his loneliness. He names her Bianca and talks to her as a normal person. Everyone in the town is weird-ed out at first, but in order to help Lars, they treat her as a normal person, and slowly she begins to grow on them all. As he becomes less lonely and more comfortable with regular people, he slowly finds ways to get rid of the doll, ending with her death.
         This movie shows us that people are created as social beings and long for companionship. People aren't very good at being alone and in solitude. I think it also shows us that the world was created as a good thing, but has fallen. Everyone wants to create something good in the world, just like Lars created Bianca, but as time goes on, the good eventually goes away and something else can take its place. We can see this when Lars creates a "death" for Bianca so he can be with the girl from his work.
        I think this movie is crying out for the kingdom. It shows us that people are created for companionship, not only with people but with God himself. We can't replace God with other people, things, or emotions. Human beings are created for this purpose.
       This movie causes us to desire a true relationship with God and others. We aren't meant to be left alone, so we should work on all of our relationships.
       The origin of sin in this movie begins when the brother left his dad and Lars alone. He abandoned them when Lars needed him the most, but didn't realize it until later in the movie. The sister-in-law brought out the loneliness and caused Lars to realize just how alone he was in the world.
       Redemption in this movie comes from all the people in the movie, but mainly the doctor and the girl from work. As the movie went on, Lars realized that all the people in the movie cared about him, so they worked to include Bianca as well. The doctor helped him to cope with all of his past experiences and work through them, and the girl from work helped him get over his fear of being with people.