NY Timeout: The titular world of Scott Pilgrim (Cera) is a small one after all, shaped entirely by video games, emo rock and arrested development (especially in matters of the heart). There’s no room for any real growth, just literalized level-ups that bring our hero incrementally closer to his hipster Princess Toadstool, Ramona Flowers (Winstead), whose seven exes form a sort of league of supervillains that Scott must conquer.
Final Destination is a reminder of our mortality.
‘It Follows’ still lurks.
The Parenting Review: It starts off as a fun horror-comedy with a great cast, but loses its charm halfway through. The laughs fade, the scares feel predictable, and by the end, it’s just another forgettable haunted house story.
