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Trailer: Ruby Sparks

Too familiar?

Who here enjoyed Stranger Than Fiction? It looks like they've done some variation of the same movie for us to enjoy all over again.. The good news is I do like Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood, Little Miss Sunshine) I'm also a fan of Jonathan Dayton, who directed Sunshine and Ruby Sparks. Deborah Ann Woll is just really cool looking and then there's Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening and Elliott Gould. I'll see it, and I'm sure I'll like it.

ganglyon April 20, 2012 at 2:24 p.m.

Hmm. I dig it. Seems a little too cutesy for a concept that could easily go into some pretty dark places. Although the cast is comprised of some great dramatic actors, so it could easily have a more serious tone than the trailer leads on.

Think was really sold me was that half second of long-haired Steve Coogan.

(gotta say, also, that this really doesn't remind me of Stranger than Fiction at all)

Shaanyboion April 20, 2012 at 3:28 p.m.

Looks fine, I guess.

Also, the girl that plays Ruby is too damn cute for her own good.

Mackwahl staff on April 20, 2012 at 3:54 p.m.

@gangly said:

Hmm. I dig it. Seems a little too cutesy for a concept that could easily go into some pretty dark places. Although the cast is comprised of some great dramatic actors, so it could easily have a more serious tone than the trailer leads on.

Think was really sold me was that half second of long-haired Steve Coogan.

(gotta say, also, that this really doesn't remind me of Stranger than Fiction at all)

really? Both films have literary characters that are created and actually brought to life by the author. I get what you're saying about it feeling different though... I guess it's primarily that one shot of him at the typewriter creating the plot in the moment... I just immediately saw Karen Eiffel (Emma Thompson) typing "and the phone rang" ...then the phone rings

ganglyon April 20, 2012 at 6:58 p.m.

@Mackwahl: You're definitely right about those specific similarities, it's just that the tone and I guess the apparent point of the two films that seem totally different. Also, the trope of writing coming to life is a pretty old one in film and TV, which makes any connection between these two seem way more indirect.

But still, as you said; they type, "she speaks French", then she speaks French. I guess you kinda need that scene in any of these stories, though. ;)

Watcherg44on April 21, 2012 at 2:19 a.m.

AWESOME!!!!

direspoonon April 21, 2012 at 6:38 a.m.

Where's the Deborah Ann Woll I was promised?! She's not the one playing Ruby.

Funky_Pasta_Tommyon April 21, 2012 at 8:09 a.m.

I liked what I saw, but I'm a romantic at heart.

Don't tell anyone.

Napalmon April 21, 2012 at 12:49 p.m.

@Funky_Pasta_Tommy said:

I liked what I saw, but I'm a romantic at heart.

Don't tell anyone.

You and me both, dude.

Watcherg44on April 21, 2012 at 3:17 p.m.

This MOvie looks Cool! Like Lars and the Real Girl! Or Eagel and the shark

GBrutalityon April 21, 2012 at 5:20 p.m.

yeah, the person that wrote the article is crazy wrong. that's zoe kazan (happythankyoumoreplease) who actually looks kind of cute in this. and paul dano is just awesome, i'm glad he's breaking out bit by bit.

Watcherg44on April 22, 2012 at 5:50 a.m.

I may go see this movie! and not wait for it to come out on DVD!

Dig Deeper into Ruby Sparks

A novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.

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