Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 10/12/07 (Limited) 10/26/07 (Wide) Home Video 04/15/08 MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for some sex-related content Running Time 1 hour 46 minutes Genre Comedy Director Craig Gillespie Writer Nancy Oliver Cast Ryan Gosling, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner Studio Sidney Kimmel Entertainment |
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL (2007)
SYNOPSIS
Written by Six Feet Under scribe Nancy Oliver, Lars
and the Real Girl is a heartfelt comedy starring
Academy-Award nominated Ryan Gosling as Lars
Lindstrom a loveable introvert whose emotional
baggage has kept him from fully embracing life.
After years of what is almost solitude, he invites
Bianca, a friend he met on the internet to visit him.
He introduces Bianca to his Brother Gus (Paul
Schneider) and his wife Karen (Emily Mortimer)
and they are stunned. They don’t know what to say
to Lars or Bianca – because she is a life-size doll,
not a real person and he is treating her as though
she is alive. They consult the family doctor
Dagmar (Patricia Clarkson) who explains this is a
delusion he’s created – for what reason she doesn’
t yet know but they should all go along with it.
What follows is an emotional journey for Lars and
the people around him.
--©Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
Written by Six Feet Under scribe Nancy Oliver, Lars
and the Real Girl is a heartfelt comedy starring
Academy-Award nominated Ryan Gosling as Lars
Lindstrom a loveable introvert whose emotional
baggage has kept him from fully embracing life.
After years of what is almost solitude, he invites
Bianca, a friend he met on the internet to visit him.
He introduces Bianca to his Brother Gus (Paul
Schneider) and his wife Karen (Emily Mortimer)
and they are stunned. They don’t know what to say
to Lars or Bianca – because she is a life-size doll,
not a real person and he is treating her as though
she is alive. They consult the family doctor
Dagmar (Patricia Clarkson) who explains this is a
delusion he’s created – for what reason she doesn’
t yet know but they should all go along with it.
What follows is an emotional journey for Lars and
the people around him.
--©Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
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I am sure many movie goers have already decided not to see Lars and the Real Girl because who need
to see a movie about a guy, Lars (Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson", The Believer, and "The Notebook"), who
buys a life-size anatomically correct rubber doll named Bianca. This films isn't about sex but a lonely
guy that has been diagnosed as delusional. He tell his friends and family that he met Bianca (doll)
online when he actually ordered her off the internet. The entire town goes along with it as he works
through his problem. Written by Nancy Oliver ("Six Feet Under" and directed by Craig Gillespie. "Lars
and the Real Girl" has a real tenderness about it. Don't let this pass you by. I can't wait for "Lars and
the Real Girl" to come out on dvd!
to see a movie about a guy, Lars (Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson", The Believer, and "The Notebook"), who
buys a life-size anatomically correct rubber doll named Bianca. This films isn't about sex but a lonely
guy that has been diagnosed as delusional. He tell his friends and family that he met Bianca (doll)
online when he actually ordered her off the internet. The entire town goes along with it as he works
through his problem. Written by Nancy Oliver ("Six Feet Under" and directed by Craig Gillespie. "Lars
and the Real Girl" has a real tenderness about it. Don't let this pass you by. I can't wait for "Lars and
the Real Girl" to come out on dvd!