There are so many ways "Lars and the Real Girl" could have gone wrong that one of the film's fascinations is how adroitly it sidesteps them. Awards and nominations. Lars and the Real Girl: Lifelike Positive Transcendence Ted Remington1 Abstract The 2007 film Lars and the Real Girl challenged viewer’s expectations, not simply through its unusual premise (a man having a relationship with a doll), through its consistent refusal to resolve the plot’s various conflicts through verbal or physical violence. But sex is not what Lars has in mind, but rather a deep, meaningful relationship. Drama. The only problem is that she's not real - she's a sex doll Lars ordered off the Internet. Any script that prominently involves an anatomically correct sex doll leaves a lot of room for things to get, well, tacky. Ryan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian actor, director, writer and musician. Lars and the Real Girl is a 2007 comedy-drama film written by Nancy Oliver and directed by Craig Gillespie. Synopsis: In this comedy, Lars Lindstrom is an awkwardly shy young man in a small northern town who finally brings home the girl of his dreams to his brother and sister-in-law's home. In The Real Story of Lars and the Real Girl, a special feature on the DVD release of the film, screenwriter Nancy Oliver reveals the inspiration for her script was an actual website, RealDoll.com, which is featured prominently in the film. After years of what is almost solitude, he invites Bianca, a friend he met on the internet to visit him. In this comedy, Lars Lindstrom is an awkwardly shy young man in a small northern town who finally brings home the girl of his dreams to his brother and sister-in-law's home. Reid. In The Real Story of Lars and the Real Girl, a special feature on the DVD release of the film, screenwriter Nancy Oliver reveals the inspiration for her script was an actual website, RealDoll.com, which is featured prominently in the film. With Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, R.D. Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (nominee) Lars and the Real Girl does this skillfully, which is perhaps one reason why, despite the lack of plausibility cited by so many critics (including many who liked the movie in general), it received a generally favorable response from its (admittedly small) audience. A delusional young man strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the Internet in this weird and warm comedy. Its weapon is absolute sincerity. Lars and the Real Girl is a 2007 American dramedy film directed by Craig Gillespie. But sex is not what Lars has in mind, but rather a deep, meaningful relationship. 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. Romance | Comedy-Drama. But then you get a film like Lars and the Real Girl, which is strange and off-putting and utterly refreshing in how little it feels like any other film. Lars and the Real Girl Awards and Nominations. Movies. Any script that prominently involves an anatomically correct sex doll leaves a lot of room for things to get, well, tacky. The film’s painfully cute, eccentric conceit is that Lars, in desperate need of companionship, purchases a Real Girl online—a customized, anatomically correct sex doll he names Bianca—and, instead of using her to get his rocks off, begins introducing her to everyone around town as his girlfriend. 7.3 /10 Lars Lindstrom is a loveable introvert whose emotional baggage has kept him from fully embracing life. It is about who Lars is, and how he relates to this substitute for human friendship, and that is all it's about. A delusional young man strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the Internet. Ryan Gosling plays the titular Lars, a cripplingly shy young man who lives in a garage adjacent to his brother (Paul Schneider) and sister-in-law’s (Emily Mortimer) house. It has a kind of purity to it. Oliver was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2008 for her debut screenplay, Lars and the Real Girl