The Daughter (2015) – Christian (Paul Schneider), the estranged son of Australian mill owner and widower Henry (Geoffrey Rush), returns home for his father’s marriage to his housekeeper (Anna Torv), a much younger woman. Christian’s mother was American and he has made a life for himself in the U.S., and he blames Henry for his […]
Lars and The Real Girl (2007) – Ryan Gosling is Lars, a shy, possibly borderline autistic child-man who mail-orders a fiancée and introduces the anatomically correct love doll as his living, breathing girlfriend. His brother (Paul Schneider) is speechless, his worried sister-in-law (Emily Mortimer) understandably concerned, and the doting community plays along with an unflagging […]
