Lars and the Real Girl

Why Is Lars and the Real Girl Rated PG-13?

Somewhat misrepresented in the promotional previews, this film is a touching comedy/drama about a man who is convinced he is in love with a doll he has ordered from the Internet. In reality, his dummy is a sex toy, and the other characters in this film are well aware of this fact. Their brief and infrequent discussions about his delusion include sexual innuendo and their curiosity about whether or not the doll is “anatomically correct” (Lars’s sister-in-law is shown peeking under the doll’s skirt in one scene). Other sexual content includes a co-worker who is looking at pornography on the Internet (we don’t see any) and in another scene, a man looks at the website where the doll was ordered and we see dolls dressed in underwear. We see the doll’s posterior while it is being washed in a bathtub. Other content issues are a few infrequent mild profanities and terms of Christian deity used as expletives. A woman knocks a man down while attempting to convince him to come to dinner. Social drinking is seen at a party. Topics regarding delusion, mental health, depression and childhood trauma may make this drama more suitable for adults.