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Movie Overview
Cast
• Michael Cera
• Kat Dennings
Director
• Peter Sollett
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - for mature thematic material including teen drinking, sexuality, language and crude behavior.
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)

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OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh
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"Most of 'Nick & Norah' seems fairly forced, not to mention a bit on the phony side."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  A. J. Hakari

"No doubt there will be more sour to come in both Nick and Norah's lives, but for the duration of this film, things remain irresistibly sweet."  Eye for Film  Anton Bitel

B+
"This is about as innocent and well-intentioned as teen movies get any more."  FromTheBalcony  Bill Clark

7/10
"A charming tour through a wonderfully authentic New York City landscape that takes full advantage of the magic that the city offers to everyone, regardless of sexuality."  AfterElton.com  Brian Juergens

C-
"Caloric with whimsy but lacks distinctive dramatic weight, to a degree that it ceases to be a movie and transforms into something resembling a tiresome Diet Coke commercial."  BrianOrndorf.com  Brian Orndorf

B
"Who needs to go to New York for a weekend when you can let Nick and Norah take you with them?"  ColeSmithey.com  Cole Smithey

3/4
"...an above average contemporary romantic comedy..."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

C+
"Slight teen romantic comedy."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

3.5/4
"Like a movie that '80s-era John Hughes never made, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist is candid, thoughtful, touching and hugely entertaining."  DustinPutman.com  Dustin Putman

B+
"The film is effortlessly funny, sweet, and real in a way that few teen comedies are."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

3/4
"You wish there was a little less grumbling and more of the Before Sunrise/Sunset feel that we get in the final half hour which is quite special. Put Michael Cera and an escalator in your climactic scene and somehow magic is born."  eFilmCritic.com  Erik Childress

B-
"If we're going to have a comic recycle his schtick, there are few I'd prefer to Cera, whose hesitant, awkwardly verbal stock character is one of the most reliably funny tropes in mainstream comedy today."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

3/4
"A near perfection romance comedy that will appeal to any and all audiences"  Cinema Crazed  Felix Vasquez Jr.

"A pleasingly jumbled mix CD"  CinePassion  Fernando F. Croce

C
"Nick and Norah's playlist may be infinite, but the enjoyment they provide is definitely limited."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

1/5
"A dim comedy about kids who just want to have some fun."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

75/100
"Throughout the entire film, I felt happy, energized, invigorated..."  Film and Felt  Gabe Leibowitz

2/5
"The film has one winning virtue: its dreamily romantic vision of Bloomberg's NY -- a 21st Century study in antiseptic urbanity...it gives the L-Train Era the John Hughes treatment."  The L Magazine  Henry Stewart

3/4
"The dialogue is witty enough to separate Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist from the rom-com continuum of dumb screenplays, but not so witty that it will receive a Diablo Cody-level backlash."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

5/10
"The characters are all stuck on tracks, which might work on other occassions, but not when your underscoring music is all about refusing to follow conventional tracks."  Window to the Movies  Jeffrey Chen

2/4
"Even Michael Cera's unique brand of awkwardness can't save this frustratingly weak adaptation."  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito

1.5/4
"The film and those like it are merely the reflection of ageing creative people in hopeless search for an elixir."  Bangitout.com  Jordan Hiller

2/5
"A night on the town with these two hip, quick-with-a-quip teens lacks spark and drags, even at 90 minutes."  School Library Journal  Kent Turner

B+
""Nick and Nora" should prove a breakout for both lead Dennings and Ari Graynor who bears the load of the film's physical and gross out comedy as Nora's thoroughly drunk yet endearing best friend Caroline"  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

"[K]inda like Ferris Bueller's Night Out, but way less snarky and way sweeter, and the whole gang is Ferris."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

3/4
"With the right touches of casting and chemistry, even the thinnest of premises can become weighty in sheer charm."  TheMovieReport.com  Michael Dequina

3/4
"Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is everything a teen movie should be: smart, hip, identifiable, and with a touch of sarcasm."  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

B+
"Draws from the emerging world of cuddle puddles and omni-connectedness in a manner that moves the story forward without being intrusive or trying too hard to be hip."  Beliefnet  Nell Minow

5/5
"Even the biggest churl imaginable will find it hard to resist the palpable chemistry that emerges as the two flirt, fight or simply bliss out in the presence of each other."  eFilmCritic.com  Peter Sobczynski

3/5
"Enjoyable and sweetly engaging, but never quite feels honest about its characters or situations."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline
OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh
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