Dir:  Peter Sollet  Stars: Michael Cera, Kat Dennings

Synopsis:  Nick is dumped by his heartless girlfriend, Tris.  Norah doesn't want to appear dateless, so she borroes Nick to be her boyfriend for 5 minutes.  A night of music and adventure ensue as Tris and Norah compete for Nick's attention.

Michael Cera is one of my favourite young comic actors (if you haven't seen Arrested Development yet, you should really get on that) --- he has timing beyond his years and a nerdy likeability.  Kat Dennings (40-Year Old Virgin, Charlie Bartlett) is also super cute as Norah, and the strength of this movie really lies in these two actors and the characters they are playing.  Though the movie itself suffers from being a bit too formulaic here and there, the main characters have dimension and they grow as the movie plays out.

There's some great music in the movie, though it tries a bit too hard to be cool in places.  There were some strained gross out jokes that probably didn't need to be there.

The movie makes some leaps and strains in credibility --- Roger Ebert pointed out in his review that each character must have built in GPS equipment that allows them to stumble across other characters (in NYC, no less) whenever the plot requires it.  That's even more strange when you consider that Nick's ex Tris happens to be Norah's best friend, yet she has never laid eyes on Nick before.  I really hate it when they do things that make no sense just to serve the plot.  You could have written around that, they're just being lazy.

The movie comes close, but doesn't quite knock it out of the park.  It's more like getting to 3rd base (oooh, naughty).  Sometimes it's much too familiar or sloppily written --- but it IS a high spirited comedic romance with two great stars.  The likeability of the movie and of Cera and Dennings help it to outshine any flaws it might have.

I sound like I'm down on the movie, but it's worth checking out.  It's just not as strong as Juno or The Breakfast Club, though it almost hit that note.    3 and A HALF Dorks out of 5 on the Geek-o-Meter.