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 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 Real' sweet: A heart warming tale about a boy and his sex doll Strange and beautiful Lars and the Real Girl TIFF 2007 The GATE