meh

Rating: 6/10 (16 February 2009)

I hate to give this movie a 6, but it just did not do it for me. I did love the soundtrack and I intend on taking a listen of some of the bands featured. My favorite part of the movie was how the city played such a big part and it reminded me of all of my times running around the city until all hours of the night. That part of the movie the the most entertaining, but other than that I thought it was surprisingly weak. I have to say that Michael Cera is one of the funniest human beings in the world in my opinion, but this movie did not work for me. His character is incredibly cool and likable, but somehow a jerk some of the time and awkward at the same time. If his character was more consistent it would have helped. Kat Dennings was pretty good too, but the relationship and the characters were not consistent. There supporting cast was a big plus and the one drunk friend reminded me of a friend I had from undergraduate. Not so much the drunk aspect, but her insecurities and her short comings as a person, but the great amount of love she had for her friends. Overall I did not hate the movie, but it suffered from a pacing problem and the characters did not feel consistent, especially Cera's character. I can think of very few that I would recommend this movie too, but it did make me laugh quite a few times.