{"id":3554,"date":"2016-07-04T08:47:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T12:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3554"},"modified":"2026-09-05T11:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T15:55:08","slug":"ruby-sparks-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3554","title":{"rendered":"Ruby Sparks-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ruby Sparks-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directors Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Paul Dano<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #442<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70213510.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3555\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70213510-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70213510\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70213510-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70213510.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed July 4, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ruby Sparks is a smart, creative, indie film released in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The film explores fantasy versus reality, as the main character is a troubled writer who imagines a character he created as real.<\/p>\n<p>Is she real or isn&#8217;t she?<\/p>\n<p>The film centers around a writer (Paul Dano) with writer&#8217;s block who creates an imaginary dream girl (Zoe Kazan), who magically comes to life one day.<\/p>\n<p>This is an interesting premise, and the film has some big-name actors (Annette Bening, Eliot Gould, Antonio Banderas) in small roles, which is a delight to see.<\/p>\n<p>The chemistry between the two leads is lacking, and the film leans too heavily into a typical romantic comedy.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the film never explains whether it aims for seriousness or is purely the writer&#8217;s imagination, but I admire its creativity and thoughtful premise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Independent Spirit Award Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best Screenplay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruby Sparks-2012 Directors Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris Starring Paul Dano Scott&#8217;s Review #442 Reviewed July 4, 2016 Grade: B Ruby Sparks is a smart, creative, indie film released in 2012. The film explores fantasy versus reality, as the main character is a troubled writer who imagines a character he created as real. Is she real &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3554\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ruby Sparks-2012<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,49,201,41,227,45],"tags":[12004,1692,1507,2803,999,2524,2527,4227,2525,2666],"class_list":["post-3554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2012-films","category-comedies","category-fantasy-films","category-indiefilms","category-indie-romantic-comedies","category-romcoms","tag-aasif-mandvi","tag-annette-bening","tag-antonio-banderas","tag-chris-messina","tag-elliott-gould","tag-jonathan-dayton","tag-paul-dano","tag-steve-coogan","tag-valerie-faris","tag-zoe-kazan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3554"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24360,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3554\/revisions\/24360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}