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Dir: Nicholas Jasenovec. Cast: Michael Cera, Charlyne Yi, Jake Johnson

Description: Comedian and actress Charlyne Yi explores the meaning of true romance to different generations and faiths. Accompanied by a camera crew, Charlyne interviews experts and people on the street, deciding whether she has really missed out by never being in love before. In the process, Charlyne meets actor Michael Cera (playing himself) and the two fall in love, blurring the lines between fact and fiction.

Country: US/CAN/FR. 2009. 87mins

Romance in Paper Heart

By Derek Malcolm, Evening Standard 06.11.09

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Paper Heart: charming or faintly irritating

Either you will find this cheaply made American independent docudrama charming or faintly irritating.

Comedian Charlyne Yi pursues her way across America with a microphone and a director (Nicholas Jasenovic) asking everyone what they think about love.

She is herself uncertain but she meets film star Michael Cera (apparently her real-life boyfriend) on the way and stutters into a vague romance.

The bikers, gays, judges and proprietors of Las Vegas marriage venues are more entertaining than either Yi or Cera, and so are the interludes of make-do-and-mend animation that accompany the ephemeral proceedings.