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Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist

1st February 2009

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist stars Michael Cera and Kat Dennings in the two lead roles. Set over one night as the two try to discover a secret gig by ‘Where’s Fluffy?’. Nick has just been dumped by Tris (Alexis Dziena) and she is already going out with another bloke, Nick takes the news hard but is lured for a night out to find his favourite band. Early in the night he runs in to Norah, (who happens to be a ‘friend’ of Tris, yet have never met before!). The film shows the begins of Nick and Norah romance, dealing with their ex’s and love of music.

The film is a gentle teen comedy in a similar style as Juno, however it doesn’t pull it off as well. Although Kat Dennings is fairly reasonable as Norah I just don’t feel Michael Cera is leading man material, he was good in Juno as Paulie Bleeker, but that was a much smaller part. He also already seems to be getting a little type cast, which is a little concerning for an actor so young. Ari Graynor does put in an amusing performance as Caroline, Norah’s drunk friend.

The film doesn’t break any particular new ground but the 90 minutes flies by. If you are expecting anything deep and meaningful then look else where you will be disappointed, but that’s not what the film is about. If you want a little light entertainment to escape for a short time then you could do far worse than this teen romantic comedy.

More information at IMDB