Early review of "Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist"

"Some movies just stay on the screen when they are through, but Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist transcends that norm as its radiant truth and naturalistic approach cuts deep through our toughest layer of skin that isn’t penetrated very easily.The outcome hasn’t been demonstrated since Almost Famous captivated our emotions in 2000. Each film has similar main characters. Each boy is normal in his appearance but are thrown into a world where some rock-stars and rich men would kill for. It’s with these characters that each film bases their whole premise around; simple and loveable. You can’t teach that in acting school.

There comes a time when a movie achieves intimacy with its audience, and hence, that is how it acquires greatness. First time director Peter Sollett, adapting from a Cohn and Levithan novel, creates magic. He manages to establish a strong enough bond (strongest since Brokeback Mountain) that allows us to realize what we are watching is not only comedy done to perfection but it can also double as high end drama; almost like a monk who reaches his highest pinnacle during his religious learning’s. When comedy can do this, it is hard to beat.

Blatantly breaking away from the infectious raunchy humor which we came to call ‘comedy’ comes something out of defiance towards that; a movie that was made from the purest of heart with mounting intentions to create peace and harmony amongst every character. Nick and Norah desperately disregards any traits involving vulgar sex, terrible language and did I mention sex? What Sollett forays into is a movie world where sex isn’t on everyone’s mind. The lone thing that is on everyone’s mind is making the other person smile".

Source: themovie-fanatic.com