‘Nick And Norah’s Infinite Playlist’ Is Not The John Hughes Teen Comedy It Aspires To Be

Everyone’s pumping out there “Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” reviews because the Peter Sollet film comes out tomorrow. We like and enjoy all the principal players, Michael Cera, Sollet and also have a veritable crush on Kat Dennings, but let’s face it. The bottom line of this movie is it aspires to be a great John Hughes-like teen comedy and by that measure fails. It’s not terrible, but it’s mostly disposable. Our full review (we saw it around the Toronto Film Festival) can be read here. Currently, ‘Infinite Playlist, sits at a mostly divided 58% at Rotten Tomatoes. The indie-centric music is also pretty forgettable “Now That’s What I Call Indie-Rock“-lite. Time Out New York has a great and cutting dig at the film. “Unless you believe that Death Cab for Cutie’s lyrics really speak to your life, ‘Nick and Norah’s’ charms are frustratingly finite.” That made us totally lol, Hughes for the emo mallrat set.