Ruby Sparks - Movie Review

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Ruby Sparks - Movie Review

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Ruby Sparks starring Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan is reviewed by Christy Lemire (AP critic), Matt Atchity (editor-in-chief of rottentomatoes.com), Alonso Duralde (TheWrap.com and Linoleum Knife podcast), and Ben Mankiewicz (host of Turner Classic Movies).
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Calvin (Dano) 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 (Kazan), 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. -- (C) Fox Searchlight
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@wtfisditvoorbullshit 10 жыл бұрын

Just saw the Blu-ray....loved it! What a wonderful film. I thought the ending was perfect, it reminded me of 500 Days of Summer, when he meets Autumn at the end and the whole thing starts over again. I think I loved it just as much as Midnight in Paris. After watching the film I discovered on the extras that Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan are lovers in real life, it's just lovely all-round, they were great together. Grumpy old Alonzo didn't enjoy this film, yeah, that makes sense.

@spyevil666 7 жыл бұрын

honestly, most people recommend to watch midnight in paris but i dont quite see why it is good.. kindly enlighten me about this thanks

@Chaosmakerrr 12 жыл бұрын

Alonso does not has to like every movie all the other critics like. If he finds the movie cheesy and fake, well it is his opinion, it does not make him a bad critique. He is paid for his opinion, not about promoting the movie.

@nicodimus2222 11 жыл бұрын

That was not an accident. Ruby is his ex-girlfriend the way he wanted her to be rather than the way she really was (a real and flawed person.)

@basquat76 12 жыл бұрын

Yeah it actually makes him a good critc cause he makes up his own mind no matter what anybody else thinks.

@Tribe643 12 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely with Ben and Christy on this one. Got to see it a few days ago and just loved it. The trailer really underplays how dark this movie gets towards the end. I was pleasantly surprised where they took it.

@mjr256 12 жыл бұрын

Alonzo is wrong. It's not shoving the cuteness down our throats. It's a solid Twilight Zone episode. And we do need the scene with the ex-girlfriend to show how Ruby was deliberately made to be the antithesis of her, which reveals his own insecurities.

@LadyPapaMayodora 5 жыл бұрын

I get your points alonzo but i think that was all done on purpose to show how their relationship couldn’t work and the expectations vs actual reality

@Xenu 12 жыл бұрын

"She" wrote it? Who? Kazan?

@ututut77 3 жыл бұрын

yep

@bunkmasterflex 12 жыл бұрын

If Alonzo didn't like it then it was Shit. He has no understanding that tastes are by definition personal

@brigham2250 6 жыл бұрын

The guy in the middle is sort of a dolt. Hypercritical, like he had a personal grudge or secretly wants but can't have Zoe Kazan. What have you done? The movie was pretty darned good (the ending could have been a bit stronger, but still good).

@020nick6 6 жыл бұрын

brigham2250 i doubt if he wants Zoe Kazan since he is gay ;)

@brigham2250 6 жыл бұрын

Correction: He was gay... until he saw Zoe.

@AnnaS-cz1oc 6 жыл бұрын

totally. He is like a little boy that tries to make the adults take him seriously. He IS the one who made his point in the first few seconds and then continued trying to repeat it for the rest of the video even though we already got what he wanted to say.

@MajorGloryMan 12 жыл бұрын

"Her job, as a movie critic, is to be more incisive in her appraisal of films than the average moviegoer." dude you just made my case! it is exactly NOT her job to over hype her own expectations and then pass on an emotional overreaction to her own shortcomings as "professional critique". That is what your buddies do. Movie reviews by definition are not personal opinion, but are supposed to be somewhat objective, by the exact standards you rightfully point out not every moviegoer possesses.

@WaitingtoHit 12 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that was really weird. They didn't even bother to say that he hadn't seen the movies. They just let him sit there with almost nothing to say, which (if you weren't aware of the fact that sometimes one of them sits in on reviews without having seen the movie) made it seem like maybe they were mad at him or he was painfully shy.

@bigb860 8 жыл бұрын

I agree with the lady (Sorry, don’t recall her name as I write this), thought the movie was good, but nothing special. Did they ever explain how or why Calvin has the ability to literally create another human? The only thing I didn’t like was towards the end where he is writing right in front of Ruby, basically abusing his “ability”. Like making her act like a dog --- thought that scene was kind of cruel and didn’t really make sense why Calvin’s character would do that, other than maybe it’s him coming to terms with himself that Ruby was not real.

@williefreeman282 7 жыл бұрын

bigb860 I think that scene proves that she wasn't real

@ututut77 3 жыл бұрын

yeah it was hard to watch but i think you nailed the reason

@ShanaJahsintaWalters 6 жыл бұрын

I really want to watch this movie.

@Regal4point1 12 жыл бұрын

Can you guys review Beasts of the Southern Wild? It looks really great but I could see it turning out bad.

@elgeras27 12 жыл бұрын

Wow I'm really surprised the main actress was the writer too and a very young writer by the way

@klausweasley 12 жыл бұрын

I'm with Alonso on this one.

@sergioalejandroriveramoren7301 8 жыл бұрын

alguien que sepa de un Link para descargarla gratis?

@broghywert 11 жыл бұрын

fucking scary when she cant leave the house and he writes a lot of things ... god i whanted to watch that part again but its too scary like 20 paranormal's in one place the problem with it, it is that lasted for more then 3 minute :S

@rockedthecrapout 6 жыл бұрын

Calvin is an idiot! he treated Ruby like a piece of shit just like he did to Layla, at the end when he meets the "real" Ruby the film only perpetuates Calvin's sick behavior, falls in love in a second for the most stupid reason, only to become a huge asshole, that guy should've ended up in a mental institution. Other than that, cool movie :)

@IjeomaThePlantMama 11 жыл бұрын

I agree with the girlfriend confrontation scene. I think they just threw that in to buy time for Ruby and the smarmy British guy to flirt

@ambiebabyy 12 жыл бұрын

wait i didnt really get it, what is the ending then ?

@jeremologyy 12 жыл бұрын

also not in Meek's Cutoff.

@jumpmanhat 12 жыл бұрын

they are referring to rotten tomatoes

@BaileyLondon27 12 жыл бұрын

What did she do?

@tatercrosley6210 Жыл бұрын

The question for me was how could Calvin mess this up so badly if she was authored by him? I liked that he set her free eventually, but was frustrated that he was so bad at writing her character at times. His writing of her lacked nuance under pressure, considering he was supposed to be a wunderkind of some kind. Maybe that was supposed to be the point; how untenable and impossible our dreams are if we stick to them rigidly. Still, I liked the movie a lot. And the end might have been done before, but that doesn't matter, it was done well here. I didn't think "oh this again". It felt right.

@1991stacy 10 жыл бұрын

Alonso is spot on. This movie completely crams its message down your throat. The scene where his ex points out all his flaws is just brutal.

@ironyman7015 3 жыл бұрын

wonderful movie! dont know why the other guy didn't like it or hated it that much

@WaitingtoHit 12 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@KellyK 12 жыл бұрын

i demand a duel to the death to determine who was first

@Aizacc84 12 жыл бұрын

Damn majority of the comments are about the a couple of critic, and not about the movie.

@WaitingtoHit 12 жыл бұрын

It would depend on the type of person you are, and Paul Dano has been with her for five years so...

@captcrais101 12 жыл бұрын

no review of Timothy Green

@Regal4point1 12 жыл бұрын

Well you could have said m night shamalayn was a genius after the sixth sense and said he didn't deserve a 5 rating too. Giving a director the benefit of the doubt is downright silly. And good, I'm glad you liked the movie and you have that opinion. So why does it matter what they thought of it?

@alphacause 12 жыл бұрын

So Christy isn’t allowed to have a different opinion than what is the popular opinion of TDKR? Her job, as a movie critic, is to be more incisive in her appraisal of films than the average moviegoer. So the fact that she has a different opinion of TDKR than most fan boys doesn't disqualify her for her job. In fact, it is what makes her perfect for the job. The only reason that TDKR is getting a high review from fan boys is because they WANT the film to be great, not because the film is great.

@LicoriceLain 12 жыл бұрын

Yep.

@thissucks58 12 жыл бұрын

Tomatoeland is in reference to the website rottentomatoes where professional movie critics post reviews movies

@WaitingtoHit 12 жыл бұрын

Not in There Will Be Blood...

@WaitingtoHit 12 жыл бұрын

For weeks, Battleship was his favorite new movie.

@Regal4point1 12 жыл бұрын

You realize that scores are based on the genre. Justin Bieber and the Dark Knight are not even comparable because of the genres. You automatically assume that if the score is higher the movie is better, which is far from the case. Ruby Sparks was based on the merits of a rom com, while the DKR was based on the merits of a drama and the previous batman movies.

@DunloopMusic 11 жыл бұрын

sounds like a great premise but i couldn't get past the first 10 minutes

@RAZVIELRAMOS 8 жыл бұрын

This reminds of the creepypasta April 12th 09 story

@highwind1991 11 жыл бұрын

I couldn't love this movie more. Goddamn Alonso couldn't be more wrong about a movie, AGAIN!

@weejockpoopongmcplop 12 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a good date movie.

@blueeyesaf 12 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of this movie, before now that is.

@BottleConcreteBlond 12 жыл бұрын

There are times that whimsy in movies just gets on my nerves. I look at it on the Zoey Deschenel scale--this sounds like it might be annoying.

@LicoriceLain 12 жыл бұрын

Eh, not necessarily. I feel that this one is just really not the type of thing he likes.

@carlover4239 2 жыл бұрын

Such a great movie

@monicamlotshwa4531 Жыл бұрын

I love this movie so much 😍

@jeremologyy 12 жыл бұрын

beeasts of the sooouuthern wiiild

@luanluan2006 12 жыл бұрын

This movie concept sounds a lot like the story of Pygmalion.

@katehu7194 5 жыл бұрын

It was inspired by the myth :)

@WaitingtoHit 12 жыл бұрын

Alonso ended up spending his childhood in a Caribbean prison after Ben murdered Alonso's parents.

@dwalden74 12 жыл бұрын

'See this movie if you have a soul' - ?? Is that a jab against Alonso? Ben is ridiculous.

@dmcarefuldriver 12 жыл бұрын

Wow, they have a disparity of 5 points. That's one of the biggest ever.

@WaitingtoHit 12 жыл бұрын

No, you are demonstrating a very limited undersdtanding of "pulling a stunt." It is used the way MajorGloryMan used it all the time, especially by parents objecting to, for example, their kid sneaking out to a party. Obviously, that kid does not want a response to that action, but it would be very common for a parent to say, "After that stunt you pulled last night, I ought to ground you for the rest of your life." Your question reflects a misunderstanding of a phrase and nothing else.

@sweeneagle16 12 жыл бұрын

I liked it.

@00belief00 11 жыл бұрын

lool .. dude her name is zoe kazan :)

@WaitingtoHit 12 жыл бұрын

If you say a person "pulled a stunt," it means that they did something stupid. This is a common idiom of the English language. Jesus, am I the only native English speaker on here? 99% of the arguments on here stem from communication breakdowns.

@Mike-lb5fh 12 жыл бұрын

Christy why are you so pretty?

@MajorGloryMan 12 жыл бұрын

haha, dude, your the best! ever hear of the word typo?! scratch the l and then think about if your still the smartest guy in the room...

@issagc 12 жыл бұрын

I WOUD LOVE IT IF I COULD WRITE UP A GIRL AND HAVE HER APPEAR

@WaitingtoHit 12 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, but you have failed the English test. One cannot use "recluse" as a verb.

@MajorGloryMan 12 жыл бұрын

It becomes a stunt when you deliberately give a faux final score that is sure to provoke a vitriolic reaction because said score neither holds up to your track record on other summer blockbusters nor on the moderate reasoning during the video that led up to an extreme score. And then when you receive the exact reaction you set out for in the first place you bitch about it on video, call "commentors" assholes (literally) and also censor the comment section. I call that a stunt, how about you?

@tersse 12 жыл бұрын

crap at 1.58 seconds i forwarded to my next watch later video, i suggest you do too, this movie sucks old sweat, from old balls.

@sleuthentertainment5872 2 жыл бұрын

Just put together Weird Science and EVERY Woody Allen film and stuff it with pamphleteer and unbearable feminist ideas and indie music.

@TheDrumlineChik 12 жыл бұрын

Mhrrrrrr....

@adronias 12 жыл бұрын

Alonso is a hater for the sake of it.

@AnnaS-cz1oc 6 жыл бұрын

An anxious infantile dude with the tolerance level the size of a teaspoon should never pretend to be a film critic. Take your popcorn and go watch your action movies, let the grown-ups talk.

@EllisCarver 12 жыл бұрын

U mad!

@WaitingtoHit 12 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's a nice attempt at a save, but I'm not buying it. Was it yet another typo when you chose to use "your" instead of "you're" in that last sentence? By the way, it's not that hard to be the smartest guy in the room when you are surrounded by idiots.

@BottleConcreteBlond 12 жыл бұрын

OMG! Someone didn't like the new Batman movie--how dare they even show their face. You fanboys need to get a grip. Stunt? What stunt--she didn't like the movie and said so--how is that a stunt?

@moviedude22 12 жыл бұрын

that dude always gets cast as some pencil neck writer

@Regal4point1 12 жыл бұрын

Hmmm.. because the Dark Knight was full of plotholes, was way too long, and had too many useless characters? Get over it. Not every movie you like is flawless.

@WaitingtoHit 12 жыл бұрын

Does she have a chronic farting disorder?