July 3, 2013
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Ruby Sparks (w/ Paul Dano) – Dream Girl Ruby – 5 out of 5 stars
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Ruby Sparks
By Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas, Chris Messina
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It’s an Indie film I watched on cable. It stars Paul Dano and his off-screen girlfriend (I think) Zoe Kazan (also written by Zoe). And I was surprised to see Annette Bening and Antonio Banderas playing Paul’s character parents.
About a writer, Calvin played by Paul Dano, with a outstanding book written 10 years ago. And hasn’t written anything good since. When his book producer introduces him at a book forum, Langdon tells everyone about Calvin’s great book and other mediocre short works. Langdon then says that it wasn’t until he reread the 10th anniversary of Calvin’s great work that he didn’t really know how good a writer Calvin was. I really felt sorry for Calvin when he was described like that by his producer.
His shrink, played by Elliot Gould, tells Calvin to write something about his dog that pees like a girl. I liked how Elliot’s character told Calvin that he’d love the story to be badly written. From there, Calvin writes about his dream girl, Ruby Sparks, who then becomes real. Kind of like Weird Science. Calvin has created her and can make her do and be whatever he wants. I liked their romantic relationship. I felt that it was quite genuine and realistic.
I love this movie because it is has a very good character driven. Paul Dano’s character was pretty good. I felt really sorry for the guy. And really happy that he was writing again and found his dream girl. If and how Calvin keeps the girl, I won’t say because that’s a big spoiler. But I will let you know that this does have a happy ending. One that I smile and even lightly laugh at.
I liked this movie – and I’m not much of a writer. This movie spoke to me because I think it embodies what relationships are. Complex. At one point, Calvin writes that “Ruby is just Ruby. Happy or sad, however she felt.”
