A great mix of the technical ingredients

Rating: 7/10 (29 July 2015)

The movie presents us with a basic premise that sound somewhat common to the population in the western hemisphere, but it still sounds shocking for most of us here in the east. Nevertheless this kind of story startup point ignites viewers' curiosity of what will happen next. The movie nicely mix this with the dorky and goofy depiction of the focus characters, the really nice additions of comedy here and there, and some really nice twists and turns along the way. The movie nicely plays with the notion of viewer's anticipation of how it would wind up at times. I also really like how the soundtrack selection really completes the movie build up as its own taste. The songs really nail viewers' ears to the audio they are catchy in both lyrics and tunes. The acting overall is indeed worthy of an Oscar nomination at the least. Ellen Page nicely grasps her character and presents it, successfully deceiving viewers of her really age. Michael Cera is really comfortable with this kind of role so his performance doesn't seem that special. J.K. Simmons and Allison Janney nicely adds up the crucial angle of the parents and Olivia Thirlby completes the whole set.