DVD Review #20 Paper Heart

Paper Heart (2009) Charlyne Yi, Michael Cera Directed by Nicholas Jasenovec

In this very watchable and very cute mockumentary Nicholas Jasenovec and Charlyne Yi go on a journey to discover what "Love" really is. This film follows Yi and Cera in a semi fictional way (as they were rumored prior to this film being made to be dating...Yi denies they did) as they date each other. Their story splits time with documentary style interviews with mostly random people, though there are some funny cameos (Seth Rogen and Demetri Martin to name a few), about love. Some of the interviews are very cute, and one playground scene where Yi interviews some grade school kids about love is great. The documentary style mostly works for this film, only confusing us every once in awhile as we wonder if this story is real or not. Cera who is quickly becoming one of my favorites, is really cool and fun to watch and his chemistry with Yi is for real. This story whether real or not is worth watching, I highly recommend you go out and rent it. This kind of sweet love story doesn't come around all that often. Not quite (500) Days of Summer but better than both The Proposal and Ghost of Girlfriends Past.

(The Shawshank Scale 1-10) With Paper Heart you get the best of both worlds: A new age honest depiction of love today, and the old school romance of boy meets girl...go get it...I did and it was well worth it, I very worthy 7.0 on the scale which puts it in contention as a top ten of the year.

Food For Thought:So Thanksgiving was this past week and all I can say is aside from maybe deep-frying your turkey, the best way to go is to put the bird in bag! So far in my life I have made 4 of these things, two in a bag and two not in a bag...I will never not use the bag, it is a must. I would give you my stuffing or Yams recipe...but i'd have to charge you for them. Cera has both Youth in Revolt and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World coming up...and for those who love the show, the Arrested Development movie is officially on again. You can spot Yi in All About Steve which is out now.