Lars and the Real Girl
The search for true love begins outside the box.
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.
- Director
- Craig Gillespie
- Worldwide
- $11M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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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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The record
Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Lars and the Real Girl returned 0.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $12M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $11M
- Release date
- Oct 12, 2007
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States of America
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