Paper Man (2009) (R)
synopsis
Paper Man is a comedic drama about an unlikely friendship between Richard, a failed middle-aged novelist who has never quite grown up and Abby, a 17-year-old girl whose role in a family tragedy years earlier has stolen away her youth. Richard has moved to a Long Island beach community for the winter season in order to overcome his writer's block. There, he meets Abby and hires her as a weekly babysitter, even though he has no children. As the season progresses and the warm, quirky friendship between Richard and Abby grows, the two begin to share with each other their dreams and life hardships. With the coming of spring, Richard and Abby discover there comes a time to let go of the imaginary friends of the past and to embrace the future.
details
Comedy, Drama
1 hr. 50 min.
Opened April 23rd, 2010
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"Independent film" is a term that is becoming harder and harder to define. What constitutes a film's independence? Freedom from a studio's creative clutches? Freedom from bank loans taken out to finance the production? Specialty divisions o... MORE
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synopsis
Paper Man is a comedic drama about an unlikely friendship between Richard, a failed middle-aged novelist who has never quite grown up and Abby, a 17-year-old girl whose role in a family tragedy years earlier has stolen away her youth. Richard has moved to a Long Island beach community for the winter season in order to overcome his writer's block. There, he meets Abby and hires her as a weekly babysitter, even though he has no children. As the season progresses and the warm, quirky friendship between Richard and Abby grows, the two begin to share with each other their dreams and life hardships. With the coming of spring, Richard and Abby discover there comes a time to let go of the imaginary friends of the past and to embrace the future.
details
Comedy, Drama
1 hr. 50 min.
Opened April 23rd, 2010
MovieGoer Review
"Independent film" is a term that is becoming harder and harder to define. What constitutes a film's independence? Freedom from a studio's creative clutches? Freedom from bank loans taken out to finance the production? Specialty divisions o... MORE
