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Ruby Sparks

2012

Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina, Antonio Banderas ...

6.8

19,723

Romance. Comedy. Drama. Fantasy Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano) is a novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character named Ruby Sparks (Zoe Kazan) he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Don't look for sweet and embraceable. This movie is not afraid to show its claws. Like the spirited teamwork of Kazan and Dano, 'Ruby Sparks' is honest, deep and true (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"Like Calvin, Kazan has written herself into a corner that can only lead to embracing the sappy romantic clichés that Ruby Sparks tries half-heartedly to mock (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"A beguiling romantic fantasy"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"A gently touching metaphorical drama about the real essence of love"	POS
United Kingdom	Cath Clarke Time Out	"Kazan's script is observant about how we try to control relationships - making this a smart, modern movie. And how often can you say that about a romcom? (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News	"Sometimes it's worth surrendering to cinematic enchantments, and Ruby Sparks makes a pretty good case for its own magic (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS

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