Blog Review

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Starring: Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Ari Gaynor
Produced by: Nathan Kahane, Adam Brightman, Joe Drake
Directed by: Peter Sollett

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist is an ode to Generation Y. The entire movie focuses on a group of young people's night in New York city and a quest to find an elusive band who's playing somewhere in the city. Michael Cera is Nick, a high schooler who has recently been dumped by his girlfriend. His bandmates decide that performing at a show in Manhattan will help him out of his funk. While at the show Nick meets Norah, his ex's frenemy. Nick and Norah bond over their mutual love of the band Fluffy, and they embark on a night-long trip to find where the band is playing. Along the way, the group loses Norah's best friend, the perpetually drunk Caroline. This is a romantic comedy, but certainly not for everyone. It is specifically made for those just embarking into adulthood.

Michael Cera is great in his typical role of the slightly nerdy but still lovable guy who desires to be in a relationship. Kat Dennings is also good as Norah, a young girl who just wants to step out from behind the shadows of the giants in her life which includes Nick's ex and her father. For me the real star is Ari Gaynor as Caroline. Caroline's drunk excursions, which include a running theme of a piece of chewing gum, provide the majority of the laughs. It is a romantic commedy and as such the ending is pretty predictable, but its the happenings along the way is what makes it worthwhile. With a gaycore band as the group of sidekicks for the couple, you know it will be funny. Rewatching the film made me enjoy it even more and more. I would not watch it with my mom but watching it with my friends prompted us to have a music-filled night. And I think that was the goal.