"I never wash my pants...I like to keep the night on them."

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2009)

Directed by Peter Sollet, here stars Michael Cera (Superbad, Juno, Arrested Development) and Kat Dennings (40 Year Old Virgin,The House Bunny) in this cute romantic comedy.
Based on my favorite book by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan...Nick (Cera) is the bassist an all gay band, The Jerkoffs, and is depressed over his ex lover Tris(Alexis Dziena) leaving him, so he occasionally makes her mix CD's. Meanwhile, Norah (Dennings) coincidentally gets ahold of Nick's mix tapes when Tris throws them out and falls in love with the music. This draws in these two mysterious teens to each other and they coincidentally meet at the Nick's gig where Norah ask Nick to be her boyfriend for five minutes to save herself from Tris's bitchy mouth. Norah and Nick then agree to spend he night with each other looking for their favorite band called Where's Fluffy and they end up finding each other...
OK, I'm 15 years old, so you can say I fit the film's demography, but even if I was an old man I still would have enjoyed it...
First of all, I loved the performances. Michael Cera rocks tight skinny jeans, which makes him look pretty metrosexual and cool, and a tight green hoody. Both the pants and hoodie are from American Apparel, so I guess he really wanted to fit the whole hipster-rock fashion style in this movie. Also, just like in the book, he wears the jacket (it's basically a Dickies Eisenhower jacket) with the words "Salvatore" stenciled on it. Sure Cera does the same role in this one, but it suits his character. Anyway, Cera's character here is more funny and confident than characters Evan (from Superbad) or Paulie Bleeker (from Juno) that he played. However, his character can be a bit too stone-like and boring sometimes such as when his friends tried to get him to do the "sandwich" (basically dancing and rubbing their body on each other at the same time) with Norah, but he tries to move away. With a girl that sexy, I would do a double cheeseburger on her. Moving on... Dennings is a great actress herself. She is so pretty that you may not believe or follow the whole "I think I'm unattractive" gag. However, she makes you feel and understand her character. Norah does have her times of being annoying and unlike-able such as when she punched Nick hard in the neck when he called her "jealous" because even though I'm a boy, if a girl did that to me...I'd maybe have to do that back to her to let her know it feels. In Contrast, Dennings' chemistry with Cera is amazing. They have many great scenes together such as in "Electric Lady Studios" when Norah makes a reference to the "Tikkun Olam" causing Nick to say "maybe we're the pieces" which was so sweet.
Dziena does good in her part as playing a pretty but cold hearted snake, but I felt they could have made her character more understanding, like in the book, where it shows her having a caring side. Norah's friend Caroline (Ari Graynor) has many funny scenes as a drunk teen out of her mind, but some scenes with her are annoying and makes you want the scenes to go back to Nick and Norah. Disturbia's Aaron Yoo and rising stars Rafi Gavron and Jonathan B wright star as Nick's gay, funny, and helpful band-mates and friends. Usual geeky Jay Baruchel (Knocked Up) plays Tal, Norah's ex or not boyfriend, who is the best rival for Cera. I love the cameos of Devendra Banhart, Andy Samberg, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and many others.
Other than the performances, the soundtrack is awesome and I am going to add it on my ipod. The scenarios are beautiful and fits the movie. The movie has many funny moments like nick driving a Yugo and funny gags like the whole gum being passed around thing.
In Conclusion, the movie does have some awkward moments though, but its one of the best hipster rom-coms ever. It breaks out of the usual teen comedy traditions and does its own thing just like in "Juno". This movie may not be better than "Juno", but it sure comes close and is more fun. Believe me, you will enjoy yourself watching this movie!