Yeah, what?

Rating: 3/10 (26 April 2011)

This is a movie tailored to young hipster kids who have a love of a today's kind of indie/punk rock music, video games, and other multimedia and it shows in every frame. It is visually impressive and despite some cool characters like jilted ex-girlfriend Knives Chau (Ellen Wong), Sex Bo-Omb drummer and other bitter ex-girlfriend Kim Pine (Allison Pill) and Scott Piligrim's gay roommate Wallace Wells (Kieran Culkan), who are far more interesting than Scott or his girlfriend Ramona Flowers, the story is lost in the over the top Dragon Ball Z-inspired fights with the Evil Exes and lousy lead actor performances. Michael Cera doesn't seem like a bad kid and has achieved a kind of cult status from his film and television work but as Scott Pilgrim he's lazy and whiny to the point of being unlikeable. Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Ramona projects a general apathy so overpowering it makes you wonder why she's in a relationship at all since she's so disassociated from the world.