Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 2010

Christy Lemire, Associated Press: The dialogue and the music keep you engaged, at least while the movie lasts. Read more

Amy Nicholson, I.E. Weekly: A 112-minute entertainment contraption -- celluloid that shapeshifts its frames into video games, comic books and sitcoms. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Far and away the funniest movie of the summer. Read more

James Rocchi, MSN Movies: "Scott Pilgrim" devotes itself so firmly to re-creating the look of O'Malley's saga that it forces and fumbles the feel, full of (indie-rock) sound and (kung-fu) fury, (emotionally) signifying nothing. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: Its speedy, funny, happy-sad spirit is so infectious that the movie makes you feel at home in its world even if the landscape is, at first glance, unfamiliar. Read more

Keith Uhlich, Time Out: It's supremely annoying to see the ups and downs of romance reduced to archer-than-arch line readings and bloodless mortal kombat. Read more

David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: The film is repetitive, top-heavy: Wright blows his wad too early. But a different lead might have kept you laughing and engaged. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Like an animatronic kitten that won't leave you alone, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World wins its audience over on adorable persistence. Read more

Scott Tobias, AV Club: Why, given its moment-to-moment surplus of visual imagination, does the film feel so hollow and unsatisfying? Read more

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: Wright keeps the cast and the film rigidly in line for such a wild ride, and it works. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: The movie is packed with characters and likable actors, and if you know the source it's fun seeing how the filmmakers have cast to the cartoon. Read more

Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader: Michael Cera elevates deadpan to an art, starring as a slacker turned action hero in this wildly inventive comedy. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: At its best, Wright's film is raucous, impudent entertainment. Read more

Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: Knowing self-mockery is the name of the game. Read more

Tom Charity, CNN.com: Full of fresh, sharp touches and nonchalantly brash performances, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World consistently hits the sweet spot. Read more

David Roark, Dallas Morning News: This kind of romance doesn't require depth; it's juvenile, irrational, adventurous - while at the same time totally pertinent. And such is the spirit of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: It's a razzle-dazzle compendium of quick-draw humor, superhero stunts and gamer references wrapped around a teen dream love story, starring -- who else? -- Michael Cera, the first genuine nerd superstar. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: It's a true original. Read more

Eric D. Snider, Film.com: I bet ten years from now this will be the norm. For now, it's almost revolutionary. Read more

Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: This is a discouragingly limp movie where nothing is at stake. Read more

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: The fun is not so much in who wins or loses the girl -- it's the playing that matters, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World definitely has game. Read more

Charlie McCollum, San Jose Mercury News: For most of its hour and 53 minutes, it's a dazzling and thoroughly engaging ride through a fantasy world born of Wright's (and O'Malley's) vivid imaginations. Read more

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World becomes a fatal case of flash over substance. Pretty great flash, though. Read more

Rafer Guzman, Newsday: It's fresh, funny, inventive and unique. Read more

Anthony Lane, New Yorker: Who cares if Scott winds up with Ramona, Knives, or anyone else? Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: [Its] self-awareness is the saving grace. As long as nothing is taken seriously, everything is permitted, from leaps in logic to caddish heroes. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: This is a romantic adventure for the ADD age, a pop poem for Millennials that could just as well be titled Scott Pilgrim" vs. the Old Ways of Storytelling. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: I tried to love it. But after 20 minutes, I sensed I was intruding on the movie's love affair with itself. Read more

Sara Vilkomerson, New York Observer: When you're 45 minutes into a two-hour film and you've only met two exes, you can't help but start calculating how quickly the rest will be apportioned. Read more

Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: Cramming every frame with as much visual and aural material as he can, Wright is a guy who gets all the neurons firing. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: A clever send-up of comic book and video games (circa 1990), this movie illustrates that writer/director Edgar Wright can rise to the next level. Read more

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: Scott Pilgrim is a breathless rush of a movie that jumps off the screen, spins your head around and then stealthily works its way into your heart. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: If you can stand massive doses of cute and clever, it's a fine use for your summer-movie dollar. Read more

Dana Stevens, Slate: A package of cinematic Pop Rocks, a neon-hued, defiantly non-nutritive confection that nonetheless makes you laugh at its sheer bold novelty. Read more

Tom Horgen, Minneapolis Star Tribune: What's the point of being clever if you're just going to follow it up with enough flaming-sword action and exploding bad guys to make our pupils hurt? Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: You need to take a step back to see the emotional heart of the story, an allegory of a generation struggling to exchange the solipsistic Xbox triumphs for awkward real-world love and empathy. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: The film may baffle regular citizens (and migraine sufferers), but it welcomes geeks of all ages and obsessions to its circus tent. Read more

Dave Calhoun, Time Out: It could have been a noisy, flashy mess, but luckily it's got heart, which makes it feel fun and unique, and more like a lo-fi, endearing mess instead. Read more

Claudia Puig, USA Today: The film fuses an indie/punk rock sensibility with comic-book violence and video game energy, mixed with quirky humor and sassy pop culture references. Read more

Peter Debruge, Variety: An example of attention-deficit filmmaking at both its finest and its most frustrating. Read more

Robert Wilonsky, Village Voice: Wright immerses his heroes in pop culture's detritus and diversions, but doesn't drown them in it. You don't have to be dazzled or tickled by the movie, or get every joke, to be touched by it, too. Read more

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a dog-frequency movie: enjoyable only to those tuned in to its particular register. Read more