Storyline
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.
Directors
Cast
Antonio Banderas, Elliott Gould, Steve Coogan, Paul Dano, Kai Lennox, Deborah Ann Woll, Michael Berry Jr., Aasif Mandvi, Alia Shawkat, Chris Messina, Wallace Langham, Zoe Kazan, China Shavers, Annette Bening, Toni Trucks, Claudia Bestor, Eleanor Seigler, John F. Beach, Jane Anne Thomas, Mary Jo Deschanel, Emma Jacobs, Rightor Doyle, Eden Brolin, Ole Olofson, Jack Levinson, Casey Genton, Lindsay Fishkin, Rick L. Dean, Janine King, Brittany Lasky, Diana Parros, Mark Roman, Tatiana Sarasty, Marco Tazioli
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Reviews
91
Kazan has fun with a silly premise and smartly plays it straight when the occasion calls for it, while keeping the cutesy, fantastical extremes of the material at bay. It's less fairy tale than shrewd exaggeration on the pratfalls of desire.
91
Ruby Sparks hits that sweet emotional spot much in the same way "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" does. While you are at once charmed by the whimsy and romance, there's still a gut punch of emotional rawness just waiting to be delivered.
88
Parts of Ruby Sparks are glowing and gentle. Others are harsh. Still others are wrenching. The transitions are expertly handled, never seeming jarring or inappropriate. If the movie feels like two shorter pieces grafted at the middle, that's an intentional decision. The filmmakers give us something approaching a traditional romantic comedy before deconstructing it.
80
A beguiling romantic fantasy about the creative process and its potential to quite literally take on a life of its own, Ruby Sparks performs an imaginative high-wire act with finesse and charm.
80
There's little doubt that Kazan has written a sly, amusing portrait of male self-absorption and artistic tyranny.
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