Archive for August 8th, 2012

Short Take: Touching and whimsical, with impressive psychological and emotional depth

Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

Screenwriter: Zoe Kazan

Cast: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas, Steve Coogan

Length: 1h 44m

Synopsis: Calvin (Paul Dano) is a writer in his 20’s, widely considered to be a wunderkind by the literary community as a result of his great and early success with his first novel at age 19. He hasn’t had any successes since, and is trying to write through the personal shortcomings in his life. When he begins dreaming of the perfect girl (Zoe Kazan) that would help him get his life back together, he begins writing a new novel around her. As he writes he finds himself falling in love with her, even giving her a name: Ruby Sparks. One morning, he wakes to find that he has written his perfect character into existence, and must deal with the ramifications of bringing his fictional creation into the real world.

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