Ruby Sparks
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 57 Ratings
- Starring: Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas, Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan
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- Director: Jonathan Dayton
- Genre(s): Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
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Positive: 28 out of 40
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Mixed: 11 out of 40
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Negative: 1 out of 40
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91Ruby 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.
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80Kazan brings to the role a sweet and dignified vulnerability, keeping rigorously to plausible human behaviour.
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60It often feels as if the filmmakers expect us to be equally seduced by Ruby's wide-eyed winsomeness. That's a shame, as we can sense the deeper film beneath the surface. Because Ruby remains conceptual, this ambitious project lacks the dimension of the similarly meta-minded Charlie Kaufman projects that apparently inspired it.
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25The script is breezy, but neither of the two leads have the heft or charm to carry an entire feature-length film - separately or together.
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Positive: 18 out of 18
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Mixed: 0 out of 18
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Negative: 0 out of 18
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