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Synopsis

In the tradition of Lost in Translation and The Squid and the Whale, Paper Man is a wonderfully quirky drama about people trying desperately to find the same joy in real life as they do in their imagination. Golden Globe® and Tony® nominee Jeff Daniels stars as Richard Dunn, a no–hit wonder of a novelist squirreled away in Long Island by his sensible, surgeon wife (Emmy® winner Lisa Kudrow) to get cracking on his next novel.

Richard isn't totally alone: along for the ride is a local teen (Emma Stone) who befriends Richard after he hires her to be a babysitter—his babysitter. Plus, there's Richard's imaginary best friend from childhood, Captain Excellent (Ryan Reynolds), a confidante always ready to prod him along towards adulthood, whether Richard wants it or not. Aching, funny and true, Paper Man is a genuinely offbeat gem that marks the promising debut of writing and directing team Kieran and Michele Mulroney.