Review: RUBY SPARKS

Recently there’s been a literary trend in film and TV to portray quirky and somewhat broken women as the ideal partner in a relationship. I partially blame (500) Days of Summer for it. Like that movie, Ruby Sparks has something interesting to say about this cultural ideal and the men who write it in their minds. The ideal is only ideal in theory and never in practice. Calvin (Paul Dano) a young novelist from Los Angeles stumbles upon this truth by writing his ideal quirky girlfriend and having her appear in flesh and blood, and living in his apartment.

Review: THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

            This movie is so politically correct that the kids drink water instead of wine because they are underage. This is despite the fact that the main characters are lesbians, that half of them are pro-organic foods people, that are trying to raise a family, and that it is set in Northern California. I just don’t buy it. And it is sad because it was a missed opportunity to make a real life comedy about raising kids.