They are Canadians

Rating: 8/10 (25 November 2013)

Michael Cera is a strange beast. As a friend of mine said, he is in a category of his own. If he had been born American, he would have been the eternal geek, rejected by women and beaten up by jocks. Instead, he is Canadian, so he is like a superstar or something. The movie is also like that. It makes sense to geeks, that is true, but also it can only do that with a Canadian cast.
What is it about? Michael Cera's character is a guy playing in a band and having a girlfriend that is way too immature even for him and that he hardly touched. He gets a dream about a girl, then he literally meets her, the girl of his dreams. He has to battle her seven former exes (you will see a lot of X-es in the movie) to keep the girl. Also he will have to explain to his current girlfriend why he suddenly doesn't put up with her puerile crap.
To do so, though, he employs his magical gaming skills and the beauty of the film is in the multiple references to game and movie culture. It is not a parody, though, only a very beautifully geeky film. You can understand why I will rate it high.
Bottom line: it is obvious why the film reached a cult status in the geek community, but the movie works on several levels of comedy and thus can be enjoyed by everybody. It was a fun film that I can recommend.