Just a word of warning - Nick and Nora's play list was lame. Although its a teen movie aimed at an audience with low expectations, I was kind of excited because it professed to be a movie about good music. The music was good - but unlike other soundtrack centric movies - Nick and Nora felt like an advertisement. The songs felt more like product placement.
The characters were all stereo types, and in some cases offensive ones: when the male lead's gay friends doll up the female lead, not only do we have a reinforcement of gay stereotypes, but a very offensive message about a woman's value being tied to her appearance (they don't doll up the dude, they fix his car).
one theme in the movie is the lead characters severing their ties to the elements of their lives that hold them down. they both have abusive exes they have to get around or over, but the interesting part is the friends. Nora has to cut the chord with her childhood best friend, being that she's become a burden, and her other friend is too manipulative to be trusted. Nick's band mates, on the other hand, are supportive and the heroes of the movie. Male companionship is good, female companionship is bad.
There is a finger fuck scene with extremely vivid audio, but i thought it gratuitous.
not the worst movie i've ever seen, but not worth seeing in the theater.
The best part of the movie: the white rapper with the asian break dancer. totally dublo.
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