Review of Paper Heart (2009) by Steve W — 18 Apr 2011

Paper Heart proves that Michael Cera is the same in real life as he portrays characters in film. It also proves that anyone can make a movie provided someone famous or well-connected is involved. Regardless of how much is staged, giving it a half-documentary feel, the stories by real people prove to be the most interesting.

Yi and Cera's chemistry is like something out of a movie, and considering the involvement of the filming crew, it's never really more than that. Perhaps most unique is the improvised documentary approach, convincing us that the editing and presentation is based almost entirely on how an undetermined romance plays out.