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Rating: 8/10 (20 September 2010)

Edgar wright makes a move to the Us with this adaptation of the cult comic book series of the same name, with an acquired taste latched on to it.
i can understand why this hasn't really hit the mark in the US, as it isn't your typical blockbuster, but a psychedelic trip the movie itself is.
Scott is in a band, and to cut a long story short, he falls for a girl and in order to date her, he has to defeat her seven evil exes in order to do so. In the form of some sort of video game/matrix/lightsaber duels.
Now the best thing about this film are the evil exes, each one having some great lines (or in the respect of two certain twins, great acoustics) and the set pieces for these respectful scenes are mind knowingly awesome.
As are a lot of the supporting characters, which seem to come right from the pages of ghost world.
Cera is good as the titular character, as is Winstead as Ramona, but the film would not have worked if it wasn't for the supporting cast.
They have a whale of a time spouting silly lines which are genuinely funny and endearing, and they all love Scott in their own special way. Wright does an amazing job with this movie, and he should, he knows popular trivia, and is a geek when it come to movies and video games (see spaced, Shaun, Hot Fuzz).
To be fair, I was seeing Pegg and Frost in the film as the two house mates for a little while, but then it drifted away just like this film drifted into some geeky drug fuelled video game heaven.
As I've said before, this will not be for all tastes, and i can understand why some people would hate this film.
It will divide people and become something of a cult in years to come, something i feel Wright was planning on.
Candy for the eyes, one up for the soul, bonus for the cinema-goer.