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Lars and the Real Girl

2007
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7.2/10

Release Date

12/10/2007

Popularity

🍅 Rotten Tomatoes
81%
🎬 Internet Movie Database
73%
Ⓜ️ Metacritic
70%

Lars (Ryan Gosling) lives in a small town in Wisconsin, in a house near that of his brother and sister-in-law, played by Emily Mortimer. He is a sweet, very shy young man who barely interacts with anyone. His father has maintained a cold relationship with him for years. Lars is still haunted by the death of his mother, who died giving birth to him, and that memory has left him with an irrational fear of dying during childbirth. Directed by Craig Gillespie, the film opens with a situation that tests the whole family and forces Lars to confront his own fears.

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Facts about Lars and the Real Girl

Releases, age ratings, box office, post-credit scenes and more.

Post-credits sceneNone
Spain releaseApril 25, 2008
Worldwide premiereSeptember 9, 2007
Runtime1 h 46 min
Original languageEnglish
Original titleLars and the Real Girl
CountryUnited States
Production companiesSidney Kimmel Entertainment, Lars Productions
Budget$12.0M
Worldwide box office$11.3M
Box office in the U.S.$6.0M
Box office returnx0.9 Box office flop
Trailer views11K

More ratings

3.9/5Letterboxd74/100Trakt7.6/10Metacritic (público)3.5/4Roger Ebert

Awards for Lars and the Real Girl

1Oscar nominations
7total awards
36total nominations
Oscars 1 nom.

Awards won

  • —National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Nominations

  • 2008Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Lars and the Real Girl Cast

Ryan Gosling
Ryan GoslingLars Lindstrom
Emily Mortimer
Emily MortimerKarin
Paul Schneider
Paul SchneiderGus
R.D. Reid
R.D. ReidReverand Bock
Kelli Garner
Kelli GarnerMargo
Nancy Beatty
Nancy BeattyMrs. Gruner
Doug Lennox
Doug LennoxMr. Hofstedter
Joe Bostick
Joe BostickMr. Shaw
Liz Gordon
Liz GordonMrs. Schindler
Nicky Guadagni
Nicky GuadagniMrs. Petersen
Patricia Clarkson
Patricia ClarksonDagmar
Karen Robinson
Karen RobinsonCindy
Maxwell McCabe-Lokos
Maxwell McCabe-LokosKurt
Billy Parrott
Billy ParrottErik
Sally Cahill
Sally CahillDeb
Angela Vint
Angela VintSandy
Liisa Repo-Martell
Liisa Repo-MartellLaurel
Boyd Banks
Boyd BanksRussell
Darren Hynes
Darren HynesMoose
Víctor Gómez
Víctor GómezHector
Tommy Chang
Tommy ChangNelson
Arnold Pinnock
Arnold PinnockBaxter
Joshua Peace
Joshua PeaceJerry
Aurora Browne
Aurora BrowneLisa
Alec McClure
Alec McClureSteve
Tannis Burnett
Tannis BurnettNurse Amy
Lauren Ash
Lauren AshHolly
Lindsey Connell
Lindsey ConnellVictoria
Aaron Ferguson
Aaron FergusonChoir Member #1
Danna Howe
Danna HoweChoir Member #2
Annabelle Torsein
Annabelle TorseinChoir Member #3
Tim Blake
Tim BlakeChoir Member #4
Torquil Colbo
Torquil ColboChoir Member #5
Víctor Gómez
Víctor GómezHector

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Cast of Lars and the Real Girl by the numbers

44average cast age in years
9years of age gap between the leads
48%women in the cast
26%women in the crew

The youngest in the main cast: Kelli Garner, age 24 at release. The oldest: Doug Lennox, at 70.

Cast ages at release

Cast heights

Cast nationalities

United States 2Canada 2

Crew

  • AddressCraig Gillespie
  • WritingNancy Oliver
  • MusicDavid Torn
  • PhotographyAdam Kimmel
  • EditingTatiana S. Riegel
  • Production designArvinder Greywal
  • Costume designKirston Mann
  • CastingDavid Rubin, Richard Hicks
  • Visual effectsChris Brown
  • ProductionJohn Cameron, Sidney Kimmel, Sarah Aubrey

Trivia about Lars and the Real Girl

Screenwriter Nancy Oliver found RealDoll.com while searching for "weird websites" for an article, and wrote the script in 2002, a year before the site appeared in the film.
The film was shot on a budget of 12 million dollars in Alton, Elora, King Township, Toronto, Uxbridge, and Whitevale, towns in Ontario, although the story takes place in Wisconsin.
Despite its box office failure, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, according to the source.
In 2021, the screenwriters' unions WGAW and WGAE voted the film's script number 96 of the 101 greatest screenplays of the 21st century.

Sources: Wikipedia (English)

What it's about Lars and the Real Girl

dying and deathshynesswisconsindelusionlone wolflosslonelinessdollmental illnessblow up dollcompanionintrospectivelightheartedambivalenttragic

Main theme: forbidden love

What Lars and the Real Girl is called in other countries

It was released in 28 countries, each in its own language.

  • SpainLars y una chica de verdad
  • FranceUne fiancée pas comme les autres
  • GermanyLars und die Frauen
  • ItalyLars e una ragazza tutta sua
  • MexicoLars y la chica real
  • BrazilA Garota Ideal
  • PortugalLars e o Verdadeiro Amor
  • Japanラースと、その彼女
  • South Korea내겐 너무 사랑스러운 그녀
  • China充气娃娃之恋
  • RussiaЛарс и настоящая девушка
  • ArmeniaԼարսը և Իրական Աղջիկը
See the remaining 16 countries
  • CanadaLars et l'amour en boîte
  • CroatiaLars ima curu
  • CzechiaLars a jeho vážná známost
  • EstoniaLars ja Nukk
  • FinlandLars ja se ainoa oikea
  • GreeceΟ Λαρς και η Κούκλα του
  • Hong Kong充氣娃娃之戀
  • HungaryPlasztik szerelem
  • Israelלארס והבחורה האמיתית
  • PolandMiłość Larsa
  • RomaniaLars și fata reală
  • Taiwan充氣娃娃之戀
  • Thailandหนุ่มเจี๋ยมเจี้ยม กับสาวเทียมรักแท้
  • TurkeyGerçek Sevgili
  • UkraineЛарс і справжня дівчина
  • VietnamNgười Tình Trong Mộng

Does Lars and the Real Girl Have a Post-Credits Scene?

There are no scenes during or after the credits.

Where it was filmed Lars and the Real Girl

FilmingWhere the story takes place

Filming locations

Where the Story Takes Place

Source: Wikidata. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Quotes by Lars and the Real Girl

  • [to Bianca, after she is given flowers] Those are nice, huh? And they're not real, so they'll last forever.
  • Sometimes I get so lonely I forget what day it is, and how to spell my name.

Source: Wikiquote (CC BY-SA)

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Popularity of Lars and the Real Girl

27KWikipedia views (30 days)
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Daily visits to their English Wikipedia article over the last 60 days.

Where to Watch Lars and the Real Girl

No streaming availability in Spain.

Soundtrack from Lars and the Real Girl

Original music by David Torn

Lars and the Real Girl (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
SoundtrackLars and the Real Girl (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)David Torn · 2007 · 16 songs
SpotifyApple MusicDeezer

Songs

  1. 1
    at the mall
    2:21
  2. 2
    in the forest
    1:16
  3. 3
    I. lars is angry (with bianca) / II. the box arrives
    3:32
  4. 4
    mrs. gruener accepts him
    1:26
  5. 5
    I. opening / II. still opening
    2:58
  6. 6
    bowling with margo
    2:16
  7. 7
    I. karin & the skirt / II. his parents' graves / III. snack break / IV. Lars
    3:54
  8. 8
    karin accepts him
    1:36
  9. 9
    I. lars, changing... / II. they actually touch
    3:09
  10. 10
    bianca is dying
    2:01

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