Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya) directs Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner, and Patricia Clarkson in this dramedy, about a man who falls in love with a sex doll. Stream 'Lars Ryan Gosling dates a doll is now a film category : r blankies This one sounds like a joke., A man falls in love, with a sex doll., But this film treats it completely seriously., No irony., No punchlines., Lars and the Real Girl turns it into something genuinely To help Ryan Gosling stay in character, the real doll was treated like an actual person, as is done by the characters in the movie. She was dressed privately in her own trailer and was only present Review: 'Lars and the Real Girl' a (platonic) love story Love ins with the live in doll London Evening Standard The Standard