I find it hard to believe they went along with it (minor spoilers)

They liked Lars so much. Didn't you?

If you take it as a movie set in the real world then yes its hard to believe but if you take it as a movie set in some fantasy world then ok anything is believable. To me it looked pretty clear that the movie was set in real world small town America but the over the top nature and absurdness of it all makes me think it was all a fantasy world.

Are you familiar with the concept of suspended disbelief? The divergence from what would happen in the real world allows the story to be told and the characters to be developed without the constraints of pure realism. Most films do contain an element of suspension of disbelief in order to convey a story, and this one uses the concept rather heavily, but it's effective.

If you try to compare films with the real world, you'll be left sorely disppointed. The rather outlandish storyline in this movie allows for the portraya of characters in order to gets it point across. I thought the theme of human compassion was a major element here, and having so many characters play along with their loved one's delusion was a good way to illustrate the extent of human kindness.

Depicting accurate reality in terms of events isn't really the point here.

Had the same problem with the Avengers.

There was a lot of guilt from all the townspeople, it was obvious that Lars father did not cope with the loss of his wife during childbirth, and no-one was there for him, then later when Lars returned to the town everyone was content to go on with their lives and ignoring his existence until he introduced Bianca his girlfriend,/mother substitute, the necessity for her existance woke them all up to the wrongness of how they lived- seperate little disconnected lives they realised this and was the reason why they went overboard to accomodate Lars. They also enjoyed the experience, it ws fun, it warmed up a long cold winter, it brought the town together and they all learnt some things about connections to each other so yeah I found it believable, perhaps not realistic but I enjoyed it regardless, and will definately be watching again..

I work in a facility for people with alzheimers and dementia. Many of whom believe its a different year or their doll is a real baby (their children perhaps) everyone goes along with it. Vistors, janitors and the nurses.

When someone has a delusion you cant make them see what is "really there" its like if someone came up to you and said the sky is not blue but green. To THEM what they "SEE" is real. As a caring human being you go along with it.

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I agree with marlajreview. If this happened to someone I care about, I'd go along with it. It's just a little acting. And maybe in such a small town, those EMTs were begging for something to do!

I find it hard to believe that a 900+ year old, three-foot-tall swamp creature can point his finger and raise an X-Wing fighter (a vehicle in which I do not believe) out of a bog...yet somehow I don't feel compelled to bring it up on the board for The Empire Strikes Back


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