Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
- Starring:
- Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, (more)
- Director(s):
- Craig Gillespie
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Lars and the Real Girl
Lars (Ryan Gosling) and Gus (Paul Schneider) are the grown children of a father who died recently and a mother who died giving birth to Lars. But as brothers, they couldn't be more different. While Gus lives in the family home and has a loving wife (Emily Mortimer) and a child on the way, Lars leads a more reclusive existence in the family's garage, hiding in plain sight of his small, wintry hometown. Painfully shy and eccentric, Lars fails to recognize that his co-worker Margo (Kelli Garner) has a major crush on him, and he picks up on a casual reference made by his cubicle mate, who mentions a website where you can order life-sized, anatomically correct sex dolls. But instead of seeing a sex object, Lars sees in this doll a potential life partner and the only kind of social "peer" he can relate to. So Lars orders a doll, whom he names Bianca, and begins treating her with utmost gentlemanly respect -- and as though she's his real-life, flesh-and-blood girlfriend. As he begins bringing Bianca with him everywhere he goes, the townspeople have to find just the right balance between supporting Lars' unusual romance and trying to introduce him to a more conventional partner. Lars and the Real Girl was written by Six Feet Under scribe Nancy Oliver and directed by Mr. Woodcock's Craig Gillespie. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 107 mins
Complete Cast of Lars and the Real Girl
- Ryan Gosling - Lars
- Paul Schneider - Gus
- Kelli Garner - Margo
- Karen Robinson - Cindy
- Doug Lennox - Mr. Hofstedtler
- Tommy Chang - Nelson
- Maxwell McCabe-Lokos - Kurt
- Arnold Pinnock - Baxter
- Liisa Repo-Martell - Laurel
- Lindsey Connell - Victoria
- Nicky Guadagni - Mrs. Petersen
- Boyd Banks - Russell
- Emily Mortimer - Karin
- Patricia Clarkson - Dagmar
- Nancy Beatty - Mrs. Gruner
- R.D. Reid - Reverend Bock
- Joe Bostick - Mr. Shaw
- Joshua Peace - Jerry
- Billy Parrott - Enk
- Darren Hynes - Moose
- Sally Cahill - Deb
- Angela Vint - Sandy
- Tannis Burnett - Nurse Amy
- Director(s):
- Craig Gillespie
- Writer(s):
- Nancy Oliver
- Producer(s):
- Sidney Kimmel, John Cameron, Sarah Aubrey
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Adult Humor, Sexual Situations, Adult Language, Adult Situations)
- Categories:
- Comedy
- 2007 - National Board of Review - Best Original Screenplay
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