Lars and the Real Girl is an Academy Award-nominated film written by Nancy Oliver and directed by Craig Gillespie.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, receiving a standing ovation, and showed again on September 13 as well as twice on September 15, 2007 at the Boston Film Festival, where the director took questions from the sold-out audience after the first screening. It was released on October 12, 2007 in New York and Los Angeles. http://www.larsandtherealgirl-themovie.com/public/showtimes.html Retrieved 2007-10-16

Written by Six Feet Under scribe Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl is a heartfelt comedy starring Academy-Award nominated Ryan Gosling as Lars Lindstrom an awkwardly shy young man in a small northern town who finally brings home the girl of his dreams to his brother and sister-in-law's home. The only problem is that she's not real - she's a sex doll Lars ordered off the internet. But sex is not what Lars has in mind, but rather a deep, meaningful relationship. His sister-in-law is worried for him, his brother thinks he's nuts, but eventually the entire town goes along with his delusion in support of this sweet natured boy that they've always loved. Written by Orange