Search - Lars and the Real Girl on DVD


Lars and the Real Girl

Lars and the Real Girl

Actor(s): Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Patricia Clarkson, Kelli Garner
Director(s): Craig Gillespie
37




Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations
Movie Release: 2007
DVD Release: 04/15/2008
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English, Spanish
Subtitles: English, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins
Studio: MGM
Members Wishing: 24
Genres: Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy, Psychological Drama

DVD Synopsis

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, All Movie Guide

Actors

Ryan Gosling - Lars
Emily Mortimer - Karin
Paul Schneider - Gus
Patricia Clarkson - Dagmar
Kelli Garner - Margo
Nancy Beatty - Mrs. Gruner
Karen Robinson - Cindy


Member Movie Reviews

Maureen M. from LEWISVILLE, TX wrote on 11/7/2009...

1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Wicked funny, perceptive and gentle. Like a lot of the best humor, it tackles serious issues, makes you laugh and leaves you thinking.

Edward D. (teddydmz) from MT HERMON, MA wrote on 9/11/2009...

Wow! I expected to be original, but I was surprised by the depth and sincerity of the director's kindness. One of my new favorites.

Heather F. (8izenuff) from PHOENIX, AZ wrote on 3/27/2009...

2 of 3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This movie is not crude slap stick humor. It is a touching movie about people you will love. The whole town embraces Lars and he works out some issues, and creates a fake girlfriend who is a lifesize sex doll. Again nothing crude happens here. You will love it.


Movies Similar to "Lars and the Real Girl"

(Green links represent titles currently available on SwapaDVD.)
These movies cover the same subjects as Lars and the Real Girl...
13
These movies are similar to Lars and the Real Girl...
26
92
10
3
20
Dummy (R)
6
Heavy (R)
105
These movies are commonly requested by members who requested Lars and the Real Girl...
270
277
Big Fish (PG-13)
94
154
97
26
262
204
208
61