Movie: Ruby Sparks
Genre: romantic fantasy
Synopsis: Calvin (Paul Zano)
was a world famous author at the age of 19.
Ten years later he has still not written his second novel. He is a recluse who cannot seem to figure out
how to meet a girl. He is finally hit by
an inspiration and begins his second novel by describing his idea of the
perfect woman. The next thing he knows,
his dream girl has been manifested a a real woman – Ruby Sparks (Zoe Kazan) and
she is making him breakfast. The movie
follows Calvin as he tries to deal with this addition to his life – someone whom
he can control just by typing a new line in his novel. Other actors in the movie include Annette
Bening, Steve Coogan, Antonio Banderas, and Elliot Gould.
My two cents: I found this to
be pretty enjoyable. But I think a much
better job could have been done with the premise. I also had a problem with Calvin. He had a LOT of emotional baggage and got to
be just too annoying at times. The premise
has so much that can be done with it, I just kept hoping for more. At one point, the movie took a dark turn and
I was afraid the ending would be equally dark.
I do not want to give too much away – suffice it to say that I was happy
with the ending.
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