Review of Paper Heart (2009) by Lorenzo V — 25 Nov 2009

"A story about love that's taking on a life of its own.".

Charlyne Yi embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn't fully understand: Love.

REVIEW.

Charlyne Yi claims she doesn't believe in love (although she seems to want to believe in it). She and her friend, director Nicholas Jasenovec (on camera played by actor, Jake Johnson, so that the real Nicholas Jasenovec can spend time behind the camera) hit the road to try and somehow answer her questions by interviewing anybody who is willing to talk on camera. In the middle of all this, Michael Cera somehow strikes up a friendship with Yi, which somehow manages to turn into a relationship (of sorts). Of course, turns out to shift the focus in the film a bit. Other talking heads figure in this pseudo documentary cum mockumentary (actor/writer/director, Seth Rogen,who is a friend of Yi's, briefly turns up to put in his two cents worth). Along the way, we find out a little more about Charlyne Yi (besides being an actress, she's also a part time musician who actually writes & performs some of the songs in this film). Further down the road Charlyne and Michael start to get a bit tired of being in the camera lens when they just want a little down time to be alone together. Charlyne Yi seems a bit too tentative in her portrayal of herself at times. Worth taking a look at if you enjoy quirky,youth oriented film fare such as the above mentioned.