Paper Heart

I have another Michael Cera movie to recommend. Paper Heart. It's a documentary about love, or rather, about Charlyne Yi's skepticism about love. Charlyne Yi is unusual, quirky and funny. We've already established Michael Cera is funny, and he was funny again in this movie.

I loved the stories from the interviewees. They were true stories and some of them were very sweet without trying to be. (One story even drew Mike in and made him sit down and watch the movie with me.) The artwork in the movie was really fun to see, and that alone made me love the movie. It made me want to create funny pictures about my whole life.

And the song Charlyne sings will be stuck in your head for days. I made Holly and Mallory watch at least some of this movie while they were home, and they ended up singing the song very loudly together in the backseat of the car with Annie and Erin. I know if you watch it you'll end up singing it, too. If I had a guitar I'd be practicing it right now.

It also includes a trip to the zoo, a trip to a fortune teller, and a trip to Paris. It may move a little slow, but it's fun enough and interesting enough to finish. I loved the title and it automatically made me think of things associated with paper; crumpled, rumpled, torn, shredded, folded, ripped and ruined. I realize the heart is a resilient little muscle, but it's also very delicate. As delicate as paper.