Surprisingly SUPERB!

Rating: 8/10 (18 March 2008)

I saw this movie out of curiosity because all the critics had raved about it and it had an impressive cast.
And I ended up being spell-bound by the witty dialogue, superb acting, (especially Ellen Page, Jason Bateman, Michael Cera and J.K. Simmons) and the great characterisation. The inventive opening credits sequence and direction in general by Jason Reitman (who'll easily surpass his average dad in the directing stakes in the future I reckon!) was top-notch.
It also had an original story and Diablo Cody definitely merited the Oscar win.
Don't believe the trolls on here who seem to be taking great delight in trashing this film. DO believe the people who have given this film glowing reviews in every country it's shown in and the people who have rated this film highly and given it an average of 8.2 so far.
The people who hate this film are in the minority and deservedly so as this film deserves to be seen by all.
Trust me - just rent this movie or buy it and you'll want to see it again and again. I was so touched by it at the end I couldn't stop crying and I'm a tough action movie fan usually who hardly ever cries at movies. But I'm not ashamed to say I blubbered like a girl at the end as the two lovers (Cera and Page) sang their little song to each other professing their love. If you don't melt at that you have a heart of stone.
See this film and realise how good Ellen Page and Michael Cera are and will be in the future and how a great script and imaginative direction can lift any small film to the heights of greatness.