We saw an exceptional movie, today. If you can suspend disbelief just a little, and you enjoy a romance, you you will enjoy this one. It's "Ruby Sparks". It stars Zoe Kazan, who also wrote it. Don't miss it. It won't be in the theaters long....
Ruby Has nobody but me seen this movie? What a shame if it's so. It's an unusually cute and original film In it, a writer in his late twenties cannot write, though he has written a best seller. His fear of not living up to his first effort has got him blocked. His shrink tells him to go home and "write something bad, just one page". With this, he hopes the young man will set aside his perfectionistic block. The writer falls asleep that night and dreams of a charming girl entering his life. When he awakens, he writes about it, and keeps writing about it and writing about it. Some days pass, and he discovers this same girl is now living with him. Pleased, but puzzled, he accepts this new reality. His brother, however, won't buy it and steadfastly insists that this girl is a figment of the writer's imagination. He challenges the writer to test his theory by changing her- writing something at odds with her present nature. He then writes that she speaks French, and she is then found to be speaking French. The story goes on from there, testing our notions of relationships, in general. It is charming, clever, and adult in the questions it raises. Try to see it, if you can.
We saw it at Outlet Mall, I believe. Now, also at Outlet Mall, is another great movie, completely different in character, and riveting. It is called "Argo". It is about events surrounding the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, along with the many who were working there at the time. It turns out (true story) that six saw the danger that was developing as the Embassy was overrun and decided to make a break for it. Taking to the streets, they ultimately made their way to the Canadian Embassy, seeking refuge, which was given them. The risk to all concerned was very great, including to that of the Canadian Ambassador and staff of the Canadian Embassy, because the Iranian Guards were treating all those who'd been working in the Embassy as U.S. spies. If the six were caught, they and those who were sheltering them could be tried and sentenced to death, in the kangaroo courts of revolutionary Iran. A complex and very risky scheme was developed in an effort to get them out alive. The rest is history.... [These events were made public only in 1997 by then President Clinton, who thanked the Canadian Government and the people involved for their courage and good will.]
