Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist DVD Review

Published on February 7, 2009 by Admin/Neil   ·   2 Comments

An awkwardly touching teen romance based on the book by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist released on DVD February 3rd from Sony Pictures. The much acclaimed film follows the development of an intriguing relationship between Nick (Michael Cera), a member of a gay band, the Jerkoffs, and Norah (Kat Dennings), an insecure daughter of a well-known music executive.

The two meet at a club performance by Nick’s band. Norah approaches Nick and asks him to pretend to before her boyfriend to pacify her superficial friend Tris (Alexis Dziena), who has been talking trash. For weeks, Tris has been telling Norah about the desperate attempts of her ex-boyfriend to woo her back with musical mixes. What Norah does not realize is that Nick is the ex-boyfriend. AWKWARD!

After getting past the initial weirdness, Nick and Norah begin to hangout a bit. Nick’s band friends see the chemistry between the two and tell Norah to befriend Nick in order to take his mind off his failed romance with Tris. Nick and Norah venture about the city with his friends in search of Norah’s drunk girlfriend who is lost. Jealous, Tris follows along and waits for a chance to get back in the middle of things with Nick. Also in the middle of things is Norah’s 3-year boyfriend, “Tall”, who is more interested in getting his album demo to Norah’s dad than he is in Norah herself.

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist is a unique romantic comedy. All of the characters have their own oddities that make falling in love anything but smooth. While this film is touching at moments, and funny at times, it lacked a little bit of umphhh that was expected given the popularity of the film’s theatrical release. It simply did not have the depth and captivating elements that stronger movies have demonstrated. A nice story, though.

Starring: Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Alexis Dziena, Ari Graynor, Aaron Yoo, Jay Baruchel
Director: Peter Sollett

Reviewed by Neil

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