I was having dinner with a friend a week ago when she asks me if I've seen Ruby Sparks , a romantic comedy-drama directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, the same people behind Little Miss Sunshine . Unfortunately, I've watched neither, until I watched the first movie his evening. Ruby Sparks , written by Zoe Kazan who doubles as the female lead, tells the story of Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano), a writer struggling to write a follow-up to his successful first novel. Calvin has no friends other than his dog Scotty and brother Harry (Chris Messina). He regularly sees a therapist named Dr. Rosenthal (Elliott Gould). The therapist recommends that Calvin could use Scotty as a reason to talk with women while they walked around the park. Unfortunately, Scotty is a very shy dog that women don't seem to like. Thus, Dr. Rosenthal tries something else. He gives Calvin an assignment: write about a woman in the park, a special woman who actually likes Scotty. Inspired b
So many books, so little time.