Claim: Zooey Deschanel acts.

All the Real Girls is a 2003 American romantic drama film written and directed by David Gordon Green and is about the romance between a young , small-town womanizer and his best friend 's sexually inexperienced younger sister . It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19 , 2003 . While the film fared poorly at the box office , it was generally well received by critics and was nominated for several awards when it was shown at film festivals . It stars Paul Schneider , Zooey Deschanel , Shea Whigham and Patricia Clarkson .