Paper Heart
A very creative, adventurous and funny mock-umentary featuring cute and possibly deluded [in her role] Charlyne and the perfect foil for her demeanor, Michael Cera whose affect and impish smile tells all. A film within a film, the protagonists seek to travel the nation interviewing people ranging from old couples to kids as to what "love" is and how they experience it. The tale of movie making is told as Char and Michael actually fall in love while denying it to themselves and to the camera. Augmented by some very cute puppeteering as commentary on the action, comprehensive interviews weren't necessary. The film has such a ring of authenticity, that one feels a kind of love for all the participants, and identifies with those experiences shared on film both intentionally and not so. Charlyne Yi is a great comedienne, even as she plays it straight. I appreciate subtlty in humor and she has it down pat, as do others in the film-making crew especially Cera. The ending is just plain great.