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.
Born in Chile, raised in Canada, now living in Brooklyn, NY, Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2007. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, MuchMusic, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.
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