It’s not the worst cutesy, lo-fi love story you’ll ever see, but it’s shown up by all those genuine true-life tales. Alongside them, its falseness is too glaring.
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11/13/09
Paper Heart (2009)
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Reviews Counted:93
Fresh:56
Rotten:37
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Equal parts charming and refreshing, Paper Heart is a quirky mockumentary led by the endearing Charlyne Yi.
Theatrical Release:06-11-2009
Synopsis: Charlyne Yi does not believe in love. Or so she says. Well, at the very least, she doesn’t believe in fairy-tale love or the Hollywood mythology of love, and her own experiences have turned her... [More]
Reviews for Paper Heart
An extremely irritating, narcissistic picture.
11/13/09
The segments featuring real people are genuinely affecting, but the realisation that everything else is probably being acted – that truth may be polluted by hoax – gives this otherwise lightweight film a sly, subversive edge.
11/06/09
Top CriticWhimsical, solipsistic and self-indulgent, Paper Heart represents everything that is wrong with American independent cinema.
11/06/09
Top CriticA world-beatingly annoying and pointless "docu-romcom".
11/06/09
Top CriticThe movie’s winsome artificiality may drive you bananas.
11/06/09
Top CriticLike Yi herself, the film may seem at times rather naïve in its outlook, but it’s also honest and entertaining.
11/06/09
Where Paper Heart does shine, however, is in the reflections of the general public and few will fail to be moved by their truly inspiring and heartwarming stories of true love.
11/06/09
Yi is a unique tour guide, her deadpan demeanour, embarrassed giggle and horn-rimmed specs generating non-starry appeal.
11/06/09
An over-arching smugness blights this comic investigation into true love.
11/06/09
Some viewers have found this film adorable but its quirky cuteness was lost on me.
11/06/09
Either you will find this cheaply made American independent docudrama charming or faintly irritating.
11/06/09
The film becomes more bewitching the more it loses direction. Yi stops questioning strangers and starts questioning herself. She also interrogates the ability, or inability, of cinema to follow love into its deepest mazes.
11/06/09
This indie squib wobbles briefly on a tightrope between sincerity and cuteness before plunging headlong to a death-by-whimsy.
11/06/09
A heart-warmer to make a cynic grin.
11/06/09
Top CriticYi and Cera are both excellent, though the film is considerably hampered by the lack of any real chemistry between them and their romance fails to convince as a result.
11/06/09
Sort of like a twee version of Curb Your Enthusiasm, it's this blurring of fact and fiction that transforms Paper Heart into a rom-com for the cynical reality-TV age, one that smartly uses documentary elements to provide real heart.
11/06/09
Worms its way under our skin from the start, keeping us laughing as it explores love and relationships from a strikingly original angle
07/27/09
A beguiling mixture of documentary and fiction, Paper Heart is one of the most refreshing and funny love stories in recent memory.
05/09/09
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10/02/09
Top CriticLatest News for Paper Heart
August 06, 2009:
Critics Consensus: It's Quiet For G.I. Joe. Too Quiet.
This week at the movies, we got real American heroes (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, starring Dennis Quaid and Sienna Miller); kitchen chronicles (Julie & Julia, starring Meryl... More...
August 06, 2009:
Box Office Guru Preview: Go, Joe!
Some real American heroes look to storm the box office this weekend as Paramount unleashes its latest toy franchise film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Sony counters with the... More...
July 28, 2009:
Paper Heart Contest Winners Announced!
We want to thank everyone who submitted love poems to our Paper Heart Twitter Contest! Paper Heart's very own Charlyne Yi and director Nick Jasenovec personally read through... More...
July 27, 2009:
Comic-Con Wrap: Iron Man 2, New Moon Best In Show
The truth about Sunday at this year's Comic-Con is that it was the day most people skipped - even the Hollywood studios. With only two film panels slated for the day (Overture's... More...
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