Good - would watch it again sometime.

Rating: 6/10 (4 November 2010)

This movie is a little difficult to categorize. It's part comedy/romance (ie chick flick) and part fantasy/spoof. The premise is somewhat far fetched in that the hero has to battle and defeat the heroine's past seven exes in order to win her heart. And the stars are not exactly well known, except for Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and possibly Michael Cera. And there are a variety of characters here. Besides the hero and the heroine, there are the gay friend (well played by Kieran Culkin) and his friends, the band members, the girl friend (Ellen Wong), and the ex-girl friend.
It's use of goofy, spoofy, textual, animated, and pseudo-video game special effects contributes to make it a movie you will either like or diss. I come down on the side of like partly because this is a film where the average guy (Cera) gets the hot girl. And by average guy I mean a really scrawny one who nevertheless seems to possess ninja-like close combat skills. And by hot girl I mean either Wong or the one with purple, blue, then green hair (Winstead).
To say this movie is a little quirky would be understating it. To say it is a good, above average, movie is not an overstatement. Quirky or not, the actors give performances that are genuine. They are believable even in their rather unlikely and artificial surroundings. Cera in particular comes across as open, honest, and unassuming. A person who is emotionally defenseless; who does not want to wear a mask, but wants someone to accept him as he is, with all of his faults. And an honorable mention goes to Alison Pill who plays the dead pan, straight faced Kim, the band's drummer and another ex-girl friend. Her performance reminds me very much of Christina Ricci's Wednesday Adams.
This movie is definitely not for everyone. But if you can give way to the bizarre physical reality and instead focus on the emotional, this is a movie you will enjoy and watch again sometime.