If you loved I, Tonya, try Lars and the Real Girl

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Lars and the Real Girl has roughly 3.0× fewer votes than I, Tonya — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Craig Gillespie, and they both carry the bittersweet, outsider mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to I, Tonya, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Lars and the Real Girl is

Small town, frozen lake, a wheelchair abandoned. A recluse with a life-size doll, his family caught between concern and kindness. Craig Gillespie's nuanced touch makes this oddness strangely relatable.

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