Paper Heart is one of the best documentaries I have seen in the decade. The documentary follows Charlyne Yi (Knocked Up), a girl who believes that love doesn’t really exist.
Yi goes across America with director Nicholas Jasenovec to interview friends, strangers, scientists, bikers, romance novelists and children to get their opinion of love.
Honestly, when I was first handed the film, I thought it would be some of the independent crap that has plagued the market. But I was pleasantly surprised.
This film is heartwarming and honest.
During this journey she meets Michael Cera (Superbad, Juno) and a relationship blooms on camera. This movie is heart-warming and illustrates a very modern view of the world and love.
The film’s style is personal, as you get to see the crew and the director involved in the film. It would not be the same film if the director cut out every scene with him in it.
Honestly, he added exactly what the film needed, showing his reactions to everything that he was filming.
During the interviews and story-telling parts of the film, the style will go into cardboard animation visuals similar to Michel Gondry’s style (Science of Sleep, Be Kind Rewind).
This gives the film interesting visuals to go with people recalling their pasts.
My only discrepancy with the film is that Cera acted exactly as you would expect: nervous, shy and quirky. This leads the viewer to wonder if he is really like this all the time, or maybe he is acting like this because he is on camera.
Personally, I don’t believe he was acting but rather truly being himself. It just seems weird to see an actor acting exactly like their previous roles.
Overall this film is cute and will make you laugh. It is an amazing view of real life and real people that it makes the viewer look at their own life.
Paper Heart is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray. Demand it at your local video store.
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