Lars and the Real Girl is a comedy film that was released on October 12, 2007.

The film stars Ryan Gosling as Lars Lindstrom, a shy reticent whose emotional baggage has kept him from fully embracing life. After years of what is almost solitude, he invites Bianca, a friend he met on the internet, to visit him. He introduces Bianca to his brother Gus (Paul Schneider) and his wife Karen (Emily Mortimer). They don’t know what to say to Lars or Bianca – because she is a life-size doll, not a real person, and he is treating her as though she is alive. They consult the family doctor Dagmar (Patricia Clarkson) who explains that this is a delusion he’s created – for what reason she doesn’t yet know but they should all go along with it for the time being. This movie may share some plot with the 2002 French film Monique at the Internet Movie Database

It was shown twice on September 15, 2007 at the Boston Film Festival and the director took questions from the sold out audience after the first showing.