Letterboxd — Your life in film

An outstanding Ryan Gosling provides the performance of his career in this charming film about acceptance, relationships and loneliness. But Lars and the Real Girl is so much more than that – its the sort of film that Hollywood is lacking. These beautifully original pieces of filmmaking are rare, largely because they suffer to make money at the box-office. While they don’t carry the appeal of the big budget action romps, their retrospective acclaim in the awards seasons and from…