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Reviews: October 2008 Archives

"Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist"

By Matt Singer on 10/03/2008

With its title and indie rock soundtrack, "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" tries to pass itself off as the underground music lover's dream romantic comedy. But while its characters claim to listen to music and even occasionally play music, they never talk about it in any convincingly intelligent way. Nick (Michael Cera) and Norah (Kat Dennings) have exactly one minor conversation about the thing that allegedly is the source of their magical compatibility. Nick supposedly makes the best mix CDs with clever titles like "Road to Closure: Volume 2"; we don't hear them. He loves an elusive but supposedly incredible... MORE »

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