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Paperman

  • 2012
  • G
  • 7m
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8.2/10
36K
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Paperman (2012)
Computer AnimationFeel-Good RomanceQuirky ComedyRomantic ComedyAnimationComedyFamilyFantasyRomanceShort

An office worker meets the girl of his dreams and uses a fleet of paper airplanes to get her attention.An office worker meets the girl of his dreams and uses a fleet of paper airplanes to get her attention.An office worker meets the girl of his dreams and uses a fleet of paper airplanes to get her attention.

  • Director
    • John Kahrs
  • Writers
    • Clio Chiang
    • Kendelle Hoyer
  • Stars
    • John Kahrs
    • Kari Wahlgren
    • Jack Goldenberg
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.2/10
    36K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • John Kahrs
    • Writers
      • Clio Chiang
      • Kendelle Hoyer
    • Stars
      • John Kahrs
      • Kari Wahlgren
      • Jack Goldenberg
    • 121User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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    • (uncredited)
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    • Director
      • John Kahrs
    • Writers
      • Clio Chiang
      • Kendelle Hoyer
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    k0038546

    A love story flows like a paper plane

    This film starts from a paper flying to a man. With a wind causing by a train passing, one of the paper a woman is holding fly and hit him. After returning it, another paper which the man is holding flies and hits her face. Since it hits her face, this paper has kiss mark on it. The man can't forget about her. While he is working in his office, he finds her in the building opposite across the road. Then the man tries to make her turn to him so he throws hundreds of planes made by papers. None of them reaches her so the man is getting sad. But with suddenly the paper planes start to fly again and these planes is going to lead this story to a dramatic ending. It's a simple story but makes the viewer happy. The music played in this film made me feel so excited.
    8utgard14

    Lovely

    What a delightful short this is. Beautiful animation and music with a sweet, romantic story told with no dialogue. The story's about a man who meets a woman on a train platform on his way to work. There's instant chemistry but he doesn't act quickly enough and, before he knows it, the girl is gone. But, as fate would have it, he sees her again when he arrives to work at a high-rise office building. The only problem is he sees her through his office window as she's in the building across the street. I won't spoil the rest of it for you but it's the kind of story that should put a smile on the face of anyone who isn't a total grouch.
    10bryantmcvey

    Stunning!

    This short animated feature, shown before Wreck it Ralph, is a powerful example of the emotional impact that can be achieved with animation. Not a word is spoken during the film, and I found myself choked up. Paperman is the perfect mix of laughter, romance and fantasy. The black and white style is visually stunning! The animators have outdone themselves with the classic style that almost makes the technology disappear, which is a wonderful change of pace in the 3-D crazy animated film department. This is one of the best pieces of animation to come out of the Walt Disney Company in years! Wreck it Ralph is a fun film and it is worth going to see. Especially since this gem precedes it. I highly recommend seeing both, in non-3-D versions of course.
    9breakdownthatfilm-blogspot-com

    A short film an abundance of emotion

    Emotion can be hard to convey to audiences in a short film. Due to the limited time and animation (or filming) that must be put into the story, it can consume the whole life of the story. But somehow, the crew that put this short movie together, obviously knew how they would construct it in such a manner that it would not only contain emotion, but every kind of emotion that is the basis for many other complex feelings.

    The story of "paperman" is about a young gentleman who finds the girl of his dreams whom he just happens to run into by fate at a local train station. During the brief time he spends awkwardly hanging around the confident female, he ends up making a connection with her because of a gust of wind that happened to blow one his papers into her face. From there, he realizes the girl had planted a smooch mark on his paper. Awww, how adorable!

    But because, like everyone else, time moves on she catches her train leaving the gentleman behind, hoping he would see her again. Little does he realize that he will see her very soon. Because everyone knows it's a small world after all right? And I'll leave it there, otherwise I'll be describing the whole movie to you. But in this minute and a half worth that I described, builds up a lot of emotion that is absolutely heartwarming. Just the introduction will display, timidness, humor and regret in that short amount of time. As the story continues, you will see hopefulness, frustration, disappointment and joy. And boy does it have a satisfying ending.

    And the ordered display of emotions is just the beginning. The people who animated this film did an amazing job. The background and characters look like drawings but they also look 3D as well which creates a surreal but nostalgic feel of the story. Plus, to make the film feel even more retro, the crew decided to keep the film black and white except for the female's ruby red lipstick that's planted on the man's office paper. This allows the audience to focus more on what connects these two characters together.

    Also, the way the characters are constructed, physically, may be slightly disproportionate to the normal human being but my oh my are they one of the cutest couple of lovebirds I've seen on the screen in a long time. Sure, the gentleman is lanky but that creates the sense that he's like any other average Joe. The one thing I found that stood out the most on the girl were her eyes. I can see why the guy had to take a second glance at the girl. Her eyes were an eye grabber for him. The girl just has a really sweet looking face.

    Finally, what truly finished off this short film on a strong note was the music produced by composer Christophe Beck. To be honest, I wasn't quite sure how Beck was going to present the music for this story. After producing various action and comedy scores like RED (2010) and The Hangover (2009), I wasn't sure if I could trust Beck's ability to give out such whole hearted product. But he did here, no doubt. The music is partially what facilitates the emotions that are being evoked throughout the film and it really works. On a side note though, it almost resembles Adam Young's style of electro-pop (Owl City) like music. I'm curious if that inspired Beck.

    Now, here's why I can't give this short 10 stars like I wanted to. The first is because it creates a false sense of life. Unfortunately, not every person's life is like this, where they meet the person of their dreams so suddenly. The film made me wish that life was like that for everyone. That's what is so disappointing about the story. These kinds of occurrences hardly every happen. If they did happen, the world would be so much happier!

    The other reason why I can't give it full credit is because it is a short film and a real story cannot expand to only 7 minutes long. Plus, I have fallen in love with these two characters and I really hope that the producers decide to create a movie about these two lovers. That's something I'd definitely be up to see because this couple is unbeatable when it comes to love!

    As probably one of the few short films that I think needed this much credit and justification for its credit, it definitely deserves it. Paperman is so sweet that the audience will beg to see a movie made from this story.
    7kumayama

    The love story with wonderful pictures.

    The tone of the picture is so cute that I was excited to start to watch this film . Papers are drawn lively, showing the passion of the man who has fallen in love. Paper airplanes flying from the window to the window are very beautiful. They are sometimes hit by a gust of wind, sometimes interrupted by a group of birds. A white paper airplane shines on the black and white screen. Also, the appearance of old city is wonderful and has certain atmosphere. The story is very common. A man is taken with a woman at the first meeting, so he is destined to find her and follow her, then his passion reaches her and they reunite. It's a 7-minute short film, however, it tells us the beginning of love and let us imagine the story which should be continued.

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      When the film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short, producer Kristina Reed began throwing paper airplanes adorned with lipstick marks off the balcony where she was seated. She was escorted out of the theater by security, but was allowed to return 10 minutes later after a short protest.
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      A paper airplane flies off at the end of the closing credits.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013: Animation (2013)

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    • Release date
      • December 5, 2012 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Disney Animation (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Les avions de papier
    • Filming locations
      • Walt Disney Feature Animation - 500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Walt Disney Animation Studios
      • Walt Disney Pictures
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      • 7m
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      • Color
      • Black and White
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      • Dolby Digital

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