Word: defter
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Craig Gillespie's direction is a little too attentive to the physical drabness of the setting, the slow pulse of north-country life, the locals' constipated cordiality. The story is a Lake Wobegon anecdote that Garrison Keillor would have told in 20 minutes, with a defter comic sense and more laughs. Even the movie's title could use some editing. Why not just Lars' Girl...
Most damningly, the film is devoid of humor. In using a clip from “The Daily Show,” Greenwald lets Jon Stewart make the jokes for him. A defter editor would have used the frequently absurd clips from Fox to comedic effect. Instead, the director elicits a few chuckles but misses the belly laughs his material so richly deserves...