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Lars and the Real Girl

Cast

Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner View All


Crew

Craig Gillespie (Director), Nancy Oliver (Writer) View All

Release: Oct. 12th, 2007
Runtime: 1 hour, 46 minutes
Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size plastic woman. On the advice of a doctor, his family and the rest of the community go along with his delusion.
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JayDee
While Ryan Gosling's performance as Lars is excellent; full of depth and pain with touches of hope coming through, the real heart of the film for me comes from Emily Mortimer and Paul Schneider, as his sister-in-law and brother respectively.
JayDee
While Ryan Gosling's performance as Lars is excellent; full of depth and pain with touches of hope coming through, in a way the real heart of the film for me comes from Emily Mortimer and Paul Schneider, as his sister-in-law and brother respectively.
Skepsis93
...if you're looking for something real, something that will move you, something that will let you experience a piece of absolute genuine humanity, then I urge you to pick it up and give it a watch. Magnificent..
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