A film that will make you wish you had read or known more about the comic books and will probably make you buy the video game. With an enormous amount of quick-style comedy, video game action, and the acting of Michael Cera and you have a film better than that unknown song that you heard on the radio and wished to find again. It throws you into the story of a young everyman’s experiences with dating and the potential problems that might be in the way – only, for some reason, everyone knows karate.
As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.
"Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. The World adaptation cut its Adderall with pixie-stix...to gleeful, great success."
— David Zuckerman