Sentences with phrase «manic pixie dream girl who»

Of course, the manic pixie dream girl who comes to life is an affectation, too, but in the screenplay by Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks (played by Kazan) turns out to be a multi-layered woman, with a personality all her own, which is not always to Calvin's liking.

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The character is a manic pixie dream girl (Mackenzie Davis) who wheels into Marlo (Charlize Theron)'s life, attempting to free her from the stress and burdens of motherhood.

Ben finds Hanna (Jess Weixler), who seems to be the usual movie manic pixie dream girl, but (1) Weixler, an exceptionally appealing and talented actress, makes her more than that, and (2) that is what writer Jason Filiatrault and director Jason James want us to think so they can surprise us with a twist of that tired concept at the end.

And there are plentiful delights to be found in the eclectic supporting cast, from Wasikowska's fragile love interest, adeptly staying this side of manic pixie dream girl territory, to return appearances from all the principles of «Submarine» (it's impossible to dislike a film in which Paddy Considine essentially plays Doctor Who), to J. Mascis, of all people, as a janitor.

Mercifully far too subdued to ever be confused for a manic pixie dream girl — a trope that Jacobs, who continues to improve everything she's in, just defenestrated in the Netflix series «Love» — Nicky is never meant to be the solution to all of Dean's problems, but it's inevitable that she'll be forced into that role.

On the surface, Kazan, who also wrote the film, has scripted a somewhat clever takedown of the «manic pixie dream girl» phenomenon, highlighting the implausibility of male expectations in a similar manner to how Weird Science looked at the fantasy of the buxom bombshell back in the»80s.

Tom Grendel lives a quiet life - writing in his notebooks, mowing lawns for his elderly neighbors, and pining for Willow, a girl next door who rejects the «manic - pixie - dream» label.