With a great soundtrack and a plot that requires absolutely nothing of the audience, it's certainly Friday night fodder but could have been so much better.
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02/05/09
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Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
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Reviews Counted:167
Fresh:121
Rotten:46
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist combines a pair of charming leads, the classic New York backdrop, and a sweet soundtrack.
Rated: 12A [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:30-01-2009
Synopsis: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist is a comedy about two people thrust together for one hilarious, sleepless night of adventure in a world of mix tapes, late-night living, and, live, loud music. ... [More]
Reviews for Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Nick & Norah is a teen comedy that adults can enjoy. The screenplay, by Lorene Scafaria, manages to be smart and sophisticated, the comedy dry and understated.
02/05/09
The chief running gag, about as funny as a weeping sore, concerns a piece of chewing gum.
02/05/09
Although Nick & Norah is episodic and uneven, it does have considerable charm.
02/05/09
They pull off the blend of wide-eyed earnestness and sarcasm, but it’s unlikely teens or adults will relate to the 2D characters.
01/30/09
The music’s great, if predictable, and the talented young cast give it their all. We just wish that Cera would try something new.
01/30/09
Top CriticNick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist takes everything you loved in three decades of teenage romance and twists it into something unrecognisably desperate and exploitative.
01/30/09
Top CriticCould have been Ferris Bueller's Night Out but it's not even close.
01/30/09
Top CriticThis music-powered hipster romance is as simple and undemanding as a three-chord pop song. It’s as corny as rhyming “moon” with “June”.
01/30/09
Top CriticSo-so comedy.
01/30/09
Top CriticWe allow the movie its fantasy of first love, if not its pretence of indie credibility.
01/30/09
Top CriticIt’s all very sweet and there’s no mistaking how the film’s going to end. But it’s also smart, funny and further proof of Michael Cera’s comic talent.
01/30/09
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist has charm and warmth in abundance. It'll find a home with its intended teen crowd and may hook in viewers willing to take a nostalgic look back at adolescence.
01/30/09
It’s a rewarding love’n’pub crawl, dispensing sharp lines (“I love you so much it’s retarded.”) yet allowing a gentle love story to unfold between stops in the search for the mystery band. Play this one again…
01/30/09
Nick & Norah’s tries to be the date movie for kids in skinny jeans and Cons. Thing is, it’s too safe for their cynicism and while Cera and Dennings are pitch-perfect, even at 90 minutes it feels like a stretch.
01/30/09
It’s up there with some of the best teen movies of the 80s as pure pleasure that will make you feel 17 again. Brilliantly uplifting and heart warming stuff.
01/30/09
For any age, it's amiable and harmlessly entertaining. And if I was a cool, intelligent boy or girl in my teens, I'd like it a lot.
01/30/09
It is a fresh and engaging film that thankfully lacks the schmaltz and sentimentality of most romcoms aimed at older age-groups.
01/30/09
In all, it’s not as stupid as most teen films, but is still only likely to be enjoyed by 17-year-olds who haven’t seen Juno.
01/30/09
The storyline is predictable and often the biggest laughs come from crude humour. But you are unlikely to see a sweeter couple than Nick and Norah all year long.
01/30/09
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