Laughter and tears at th same time

Rating: 8/10 (18 December 2011)

Well, first of all, is not a black comedy. It's more like Terms of Endearment (which is actually mentioned once) meets Superbad. And that's maybe not original, but is still awesome. It is a tear-dropper, but is not gonna kill you. Still, you gotta be prepared and might wanna watch this by yourself if you're ashamed of crying in public.
What a great actor Joseph Gordon Lewitt is turning into! All of the cast was perfect, even Bryce Dallas Howard whose work i'm not a fan of, delivers a realistic and bitchy girlfriend. I couldn't imagine other actress playing the mom but A. Houston. Anna Kendrick was decent as well and Seth Rogen was funny as usual, as the best friend who's fat, drunk, stoner and wants to score all the time. However, i'm kinda hoping this is his last part like this, to avoid being typecast. It's about time.
Get ready for touching scenes (the one in the car, the books, that mom...) and funny ones too. Not ha-ha funny, but chuckle nerdy funny. In fact, there is ad lib and pop cultural references throughout the movie, but just the right amount. And Pearl Jam fans like myself, will be surprised...
Sorry if i don't sound like a hard ass-critic wannabe, but this is one of the best movies of 2011.