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Metascore
25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Film ThreatFilm ThreatCera once again does his "Michael Cera thing." Personally, I love his "thing" but know it’s not for everyone, and I agree that it doesn’t always work contextually. But trust me, here it really works.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe movie's hide-and-seek attitude toward truth mirrors the intricacies of one lover getting to know another -- an arresting notion of the heart that's much more than paper-deep.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA quasi-documentary about love that is sweet, true and perhaps a little deceptive.
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversEnjoying this wondrous wisp of a something is easy, describing it is hard. Luckily, Charlyne Yi is an enchantress.
- 63Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrThe movie’s a platypus: cute as the dickens but what the heck is it?
- 60The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterA "hybrid documentary" that bemusedly blurs the line between fact and fiction.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThere may be a fairly sharp line dividing those who find the whole delightfully odd, and those irked by what could be read as a faux childlike simplicity to the enterprise.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceA documentary except when it's a mockumentary, this is all kinds of adorable and heartbreaking--the doc part, at least.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)This breach with the audience does matter, for it is one thing to seduce your viewers and quite another to trick them. Love is all about trust, after all.
- 33The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThis isn’t a movie. It’s a MySpace page.