Cute at VERY best

Rating: 4/10 (25 April 2009)

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist is, well ... pointless. Now I'm not a snotty movie critic who feels no character development and so on and so forth are mortal sins; I've watched many a pointless movie in my day. The difference here however is that all those movies like Dumb and Dumber are either funny or at least enjoyable for some other reason. Nick and Norah on the other hand, is not funny and the whole time it had me wondering exactly why I was watching it. Michael Cera gives a mediocre performance, and the only other recognizable actors are short cameos from Saturday Night Live regulars. To put it simply, Nick and Norah is the latest movie aimed at teenagers that is "not mainstream" and cool to like. However with this movie unlike Juno which did have some original ideas and was a likable movie, this is predictable, over-clichéd, and overall feels sloppy. I would not recommend this movie to anyone.