My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Ruby Sparks (2012)

This might end up being one of my favorite movies of 2012.  Author Calvin (Paul Dano) ends up creating a girl friend named Ruby out of thin air by just writing about her.   Yet as this wonderful written film explores, love is a lot of work.  Buddy Holly's song, Falling In Love is so Easy To do comes to mind and this film could inspire a sequel song, Staying In Love Takes Work.   It also becomes clear that while this is a love story, it's more about a young man confronting his own issues so he can finally know how to love another person, that a relationship isn't just about what my partner will do for me but what I will do for my partner.  There's a lot of great things this film touches on and Zoe Kazan who wrote and acts as the title character gives the audience a lot to take in.  Magical, funny and very much an artistic love letter to writers everywhere, this is a winner .  Why no one is talking about this film now during the award season is a huge mystery.  I suspect this will become a cult classic in the near future.  Grade: A
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