Paper Heart

2009 "A story about love that's taking on a life on its own."
6| 1h28m| PG-13| en
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Paper Heart follows Nick and Charlyne on a cross-country journey to document what exactly "love" is. Interviewing ministers, happily married couples, chemists, romance novelists, divorce lawyers, a group of children and more, the determined young girl attempts to find definition and perhaps even experience the mysterious emotion.

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ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.
Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
jomoll-84403 I can't say if the ending's good or not, because I didn't make it past the middle. Unusual for me. Usually any book or movie left half undone would scratch at my brain, but this was so unwatchable that I was glad to leave it be.Sorry. I'm sure the actors are nice people, and I hope the director had fun. However, I'd not recommend this. At all.
Wellenstock Awful! However I have to admit that I only watched about 10 minutes of it and it's possible it got better. Maybe it's for children or they figure our society is so ignorant they might just enjoy it. There was something about the scripted-ness of the opening scene that was so tedious I was blushing with embarrassment for the film-makers. I really tried to watch but I was hurting myself by slapping my forehead and cheeks so hard while wincing with disgust. Fortunately I had other films to watch. My girlfriend didn't want to watch it either (thank you)! If you know the story of the Emperor's New Clothes it seems to apply here. Maybe there were too many enthusiastic relatives used as a test audience. I consider it damaging to other mock-umentary films. This brings the whole genre down a notch.
alex-szatkowski Paper Heart is one of the sweetest movies I have ever seen. This spawns from mostly from the documentary sequences of Yi interviewing random people about love, with the highlights of the story told by cutout puppets. ALso in the movie is a scripted plot between the filmmaker and Michael Cera (Both portraying themselves). The film benifits from their on screen chemistry and overall likability as a couple. The movie follows the highs and lows of their relationship throughout the filming.I loved Paper Heart when I saw it, but it is a fairly typical Indie movie. It is not overwhelmingly thought provoking, but rather a sweet feel good movie.8/10
TxMike I didn't know what to expect when I sat down to enjoy this movie, but it sure wouldn't have been what I got. There are 3 actors in this movie, written and made by the three actors, and all the rest are "himself" or "herself", where real couples talk about their own definitions of what love is."Will I ever find love" is the theme, and Charlyne Yi as herself sets out to answer that question. The film is done in "mockumentary" style, and the "chance meeting" of Michael Sera is really part of the script.Michael Cera, actor, is Michael Cera. He begins to take an interest in Charlyne (pronounced Charlene) and as they begin to get more comfortable with each other the camera and director of the "documantary" follow them around.Jake M. Johnson actually plays a role, as Nicholas Jasenovec who in reality is the director of this film.All in all I found it interesting, but in the end an unfulfilling "movie" experience. On DVD.