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Paper Heart

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Original title

Paper Heart

Year

2009

Running time

88 min.

Country

United States

Director

Nicholas Jasenovec

Screenwriter

Nicholas Jasenovec, Charlyne Yi

Cast

Music

Michael Cera, Charlyne Yi

Cinematography

Jay Hunter

Producer

Anchor Bay Entertainment, Paper Heart Productions

Genre

Comedy. Romance | Mockumentary. Teen/coming-of-age. Independent Film (US)

Synopsis

Charlyne Yi does not believe in love. Or so she says. Well, at the very least, she doesn’t believe in fairy-tale love or the Hollywood mythology of love, and her own experiences have turned her into yet another modern-day skeptic. Paper Heart follows Charlyne as she embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn’t fully understand. As she and her good friend (and director) Nicholas search for answers and advice about love, Charlyne talks with friends and strangers, scientists, bikers, romance novelists, and children. They each offer diverse views on modern romance, as well as various answers to the age-old question: does true love really exist?

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Awards: 2009: Sundance: Best Screenwriting

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Critics' reviews

"The movie's hide-and-seek attitude toward truth mirrors the intricacies of one lover getting to know another -- an arresting notion of the heart that's much more than paper-deep."

Lisa Schwarzbaum: Entertainment Weekly
"Enjoying this wondrous wisp of a something is easy, describing it is hard. Luckily, Charlyne Yi is an enchantress."

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"Adorable. Ad-or-able. It will melt even the coldest heart."

Angie Errigo: Empire
"A quasi-documentary about love that is sweet, true and perhaps a little deceptive."

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Paper Heart is like a really special five-minute YouTube clip that goes on for an hour and a half."

Kyle Smith: New York Post
"Doesn't always have a clear path, but that is part of its meandering appeal. It asks if true love exists, then renders it a rhetorical question."

Claudia Puig: USA Today

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