Film Review Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 
Cert 12A, USA 2010. 112 mins. Director: Edgar Wright. Cast: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jason Schwartzman, Brandon Routh, Chris Evans
Film Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
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If you’d have said 10 years ago that one of the most hotly anticipated films of 2010 was an adaptation of a Canadian comic book about a weedy looking twenty-something who fancies a really pretty girl then all you’d have heard was laughter. But now, as the sins of Bryan Adams and Alanis Morissette have been all but forgiven, comic books have gained a huge amount of credibility and geek chic is a seemingly unstoppable force, Scott Pilgrim’s time has finally arrived.
Pilgrim (Cera) – 22 year-old slacker, romancer and bass player for the gloriously named band Sex Bob-omb – finds himself meeting the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), and getting involved in a series of fights with her seven evil exes. Trying to juggle his quest to win Ramona’s heart with a Battle Of The Bands competition and the continuing affections of his high school ex-girlfriend, the adorable Knives (Wong), Scott really has his work cut out.
Edgar Wright’s inimitable visual style works absolutely perfectly with the story and every tiny detail is meticulously attended to; the ensemble is flawlessly cast and pretty much every character (with the exception of the Katayanagi twins, who don’t seem to really do anything) has at least one excellent moment; the script is snappy, funny and endlessly quotable – but, sadly, seven is a lot of evil exes to get through and nothing can really stop so many battles from becoming a little bit ploddy after a while.
However, it’s hard to deny that it feels like the best effort anyone could have made of adapting such well-loved material, and the film is so densely packed you’ll find it impossible not to find plenty to enjoy.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is in cinemas now
Posted on Wednesday 25th August 2010
Chris Lochery
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