last sunday morning i went to go see paper heart. it wasn’t a great film, but it was incredibly cute. it stars charlyne yi and her real-life boyfriend michael cera. it’s half documentary and half scripted movie. maybe it’s a girl thing, but i really liked it. i say this only because after i rated it on netflix, a dude commented that it was completely overrated. not that i totally value his opinion, but i suppose i could see why a man may not find the flick as endearing as i did.
i think it’s hard not to relate to at least one of the stories of love and heartbreak delivered from the average people charlyne interviews on the road. it’s also nice to see a film where love isn’t driven mostly by sex and physical attraction as it is in most movies (and my trainwreck of a life). instead the interactions between michael and charlyne seem stripped down and much more innocent.
so while it wasn’t great, i thought it was refreshing. i’d probably even see it again.
-claire
