Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

Touch Therapy

Dagmar (Patricia Clarkson) gets Lars (Ryan Gosling) to open up about his discomfort with touching other people.

Directed by Craig Gillespie.

Released in 2007 by MGM.

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  • character-type: Crazy Person
  • character-type: Therapist
  • action: Touch
  • action: Eat
  • action: Drink
  • editors-choice: Male Performances
  • primary-genre: Romance
  • primary-genre: Comedy
  • primary-genre: Independent
  • secondary-genre: Dark Humor & Black Comedies
  • secondary-genre: Independent Comedies
  • secondary-genre: Comedy
  • secondary-genre: Romantic Comedies
  • secondary-genre: Indie Romance
  • mood: Understated
  • mood: Quirky
  • prop: Shirt
  • prop: Food
  • prop: Sandwich
  • setting: Doctor's Office
  • theme: Illness
  • theme: Loneliness
  • theme: Fear
  • theme: Understanding
  • actor: Ryan Gosling
  • actor: Patricia Clarkson
  • director: Craig Gillespie
  • producer: Whitney Brown
  • producer: Sidney Kimmel
  • producer: William Horberg
  • producer: Sarah Aubrey
  • producer: Bruce Toll
  • producer: Peter Berg
  • composer: David Torn
  • editor: Tatiana S. Riegel
  • costume-designer: Kirston Leigh Mann
  • production-designer: Arvinder Grewal
  • role-name: Lars Lindstrom
  • role-name: Dagmar
  • screenwriter: Nancy Oliver
  • year: 2007
  • studio: MGM