Paper Man
A washed-up writer forms an unlikely friendship with a teenager from Long Island. Both are unsure, both are afraid to take firm steps forward, and both are looking for that special friend, that connection, to help guide them into the future.
19 February 1955, Athens, Georgia, USA
13 May 1987, Richmond, Virginia, USA
5 February 1965, New York City, New York, USA
30 July 1963, Encino, California, USA
23 October 1976, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
28 November 1989, Long Island, New York, USA
30 September 1982, New York City, New York, USA
5 February 1967, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
6 November 1988, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
May 05, 2010
A flimsy character study...as ephemeral and forgettable as a sheet of paper carried off by a gust of wind.
June 30, 2010
The manipulations characters act out with each other are realistic, even if the overlong and not-nearly-twee-enough comedy built around them isn't, making for a movie whose script may have had more merit than its execution. Or not.
April 28, 2010
Ignore the story of Paper Heart ... Concentrate instead on the delightful performances.
April 25, 2010
We're subjected to so much arbitrary quirkiness that the characters' big breakthroughs and breakdowns ring false, accidentally making for some of the film's biggest laughs.
April 12, 2016
Clever, quirky, and surprisingly affecting, Paper Man is a good reminder of what it takes to finally grow up.
July 18, 2010
Aided by subtly wounded performances by Daniels and Stone, and a surprisingly affecting comic turn from Reynolds, Paper Man makes up for many of its shortcomings with an abundance of heart.
May 28, 2010
A big Twinkie stuffed with indie-film cliches and glazed with chiming emo guitars.
August 14, 2010
Primarily charming and peculiarly funny, but dribbles on during the final portion of the film.
April 23, 2010
Too introverted and gimmicky for its own good.
May 07, 2010
We don't even get a real sense of what kind of writer Richard is, or even if he's any good. It does make a difference, after all, if the novel he can't write is worth writing. A bigger question: Was "Paper Man" worth making?
April 24, 2010
It's tough to watch such a glum progression through the familiar, with bits of quirk dissected and bandied about.
May 20, 2010
What we have in this film is a whole lot of nothing, and the little that's there is irritating.
