About as a good an adaptation as we could have got at this budget and this length.

Rating: 9/10 (7 February 2020)

No doubt this would have been a Netflix series now if it hadn't been made already but at least it was choraled and helmed by the most appropriate nerdcool zeitgeisty visionary in Edgar Wright.
It's edgy, subtle, sublime video gamey, comicy stuff. A decent and clever adaptation even if some of the magic and spirit of the comics is lost, but I guess something else is gained; The cast for example and the creative editing and the library of sound effects and visual references from my past.
The film manages to say something about possessive ex partners, baggage, the human condition and growing up. Pilgrim is like no one I've ever seen on film; a narcissistic, weak, lucky, sneaky, cowardly, loveable sociopath and I've met and befriended a ton like him. Not all of them learn the self respect to treat other people better like Scott does.
It's a shame that the whole movie leads up to the deleted ending and they bottled it and went with something a little contrary to the themes. Still, damn good fun.