Lars and the Real Girl
Lars and the Real Girl is a 2007 American-Canadian comedy-drama film written by Nancy Oliver and directed by Craig Gillespie. It stars Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner and Patricia Clarkson. The film follows Lars (Gosling), a sweet but socially inept young man who develops a romantic yet platonic relationship with an anatomically correct sex doll, a "RealDoll" named Bianca.
Though a commercial failure, Lars and the Real Girl was critically acclaimed, receiving an Academy Award nomination for "Best Writing (Original Screenplay)", while Gosling received a Golden Globe Award nomination for "Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy" and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role".
Plot
In a small Wisconsin town, Lars Lindstrom (Gosling) lives in the converted garage behind the house he and his brother Gus (Schneider) inherited from their late father. Karin (Mortimer) is Lars's pregnant sister-in-law. Her persistent attempts to lure him into the house for a family meal are usually rebuffed, and on the rare occasions he accepts, their conversation is stilted and he seems eager to leave as soon as he can. The young man avoids social contact, finding it difficult to interact with or relate to his family, co-workers or fellow parishioners in the church he regularly attends. Margo (Garner), Lars' co-worker, is clearly interested in him, but Lars avoids anything more than brief encounters with her.
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Real Girl
by: WheatusIt has been a while since I have met a real girl.
Since I have met somebody who I wanted to tell all my secrets too.
And I was never perfect; I don’t think I ever will be…
But I will try to fix myself and stay here just in case you come along.
And all of these perfect dancing soul mate lovers,
How did they ever find each other?
Well I know that when I know you know me.
So the day when I die, I can die with a smile.
If I know that I was everything you needed, Real Girl.
I had a dream that you were spinning; and I loved the city.
I watched you from the darkness of the suburbs
In the far and then unknown.
And I was just a kid then, but you were a super hero
And too smart for all the villains in their emerald towers gunning for your soul
You were the perfect color, bright green lady.
When they hear this, they’ll know I’m crazy!
But all that I am crazy for is you.
And the day when I die, I can die with a smile.
If I know that I was everything you needed, Real Girl.
And all of the mistakes I’ve made, they write the dreams that sometimes hate me,
For I wake up to this life that I was showered, have no wife.
In this, unless you came along in the mirror called you ‘proved me wrong’.
And we’d become unstuck in time, the universe would be all yours or mine.
But it has been a while since I have met a real girl.
Since I have met somebody who I wanted to tell all my secrets too.