Lars and the Real Girl
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Lars and the Real Girl is a 2007 indie dramedy film about a socially awkward man who forms a romantic attachment to a life-sized doll, prompting his small town to respond with unexpected compassion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lars and the Real Girl canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5142789 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lars and the Real Girl Context triple: [Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, produced, Lars and the Real Girl]
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A.
The Way Way Back
The Way Way Back is a 2013 coming-of-age comedy-drama film about a shy teenager finding confidence during a summer at a beach town water park.
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B.
The Spectacular Now
The Spectacular Now is a 2013 coming-of-age romantic drama film about a hard-partying high school senior whose worldview is challenged when he falls for an introverted, academically driven classmate.
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C.
Little Miss Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American indie road-trip comedy-drama film that follows a dysfunctional family traveling in a VW bus so their young daughter can compete in a children’s beauty pageant.
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D.
The Big Sick
The Big Sick is a 2017 romantic comedy-drama film based on the real-life courtship of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, blending culture-clash humor with heartfelt drama.
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E.
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In is a critically acclaimed 2008 Swedish romantic horror film about the bond between a bullied boy and a mysterious child vampire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lars and the Real Girl Target entity description: Lars and the Real Girl is a 2007 indie dramedy film about a socially awkward man who forms a romantic attachment to a life-sized doll, prompting his small town to respond with unexpected compassion.
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A.
The Way Way Back
The Way Way Back is a 2013 coming-of-age comedy-drama film about a shy teenager finding confidence during a summer at a beach town water park.
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B.
The Spectacular Now
The Spectacular Now is a 2013 coming-of-age romantic drama film about a hard-partying high school senior whose worldview is challenged when he falls for an introverted, academically driven classmate.
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C.
Little Miss Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American indie road-trip comedy-drama film that follows a dysfunctional family traveling in a VW bus so their young daughter can compete in a children’s beauty pageant.
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D.
The Big Sick
The Big Sick is a 2017 romantic comedy-drama film based on the real-life courtship of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, blending culture-clash humor with heartfelt drama.
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E.
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In is a critically acclaimed 2008 Swedish romantic horror film about the bond between a bullied boy and a mysterious child vampire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Adam Kimmel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Craig Gillespie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
MGM Distribution Co.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Tatiana S. Riegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Ontario
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
independent film ⓘ romantic comedy-drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Bianca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dagmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Gus NERFINISHED ⓘ Karin NERFINISHED ⓘ Lars Lindstrom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Lars Lindstrom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Torn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a socially awkward man who believes a life-sized doll is a real person ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
delusional disorder
ⓘ
small-town community life ⓘ social anxiety ⓘ |
| producer |
Gilles Paquet-Brenner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Cameron NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Aubrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
ⓘ
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2007-10-12 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 106 ⓘ |
| screenplayAwardNominationFor | Nancy Oliver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Nancy Oliver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Emily Mortimer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kelli Garner NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Clarkson NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Schneider NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryan Gosling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
community support
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compassion ⓘ family relationships ⓘ loneliness ⓘ mental health ⓘ |
| writer | Nancy Oliver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lars and the Real Girl Description of subject: Lars and the Real Girl is a 2007 indie dramedy film about a socially awkward man who forms a romantic attachment to a life-sized doll, prompting his small town to respond with unexpected compassion.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.