This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

This movie is very much like Charlene Yi. It pretends to be something it's not, and doesn't quite succeed enough on any level. Is it a documentary? No. Is it a scripted movie? Much more so than it pretends not to be.By blending predictable, scripted and entirely acted romantic comedy elements in with what "appears" to be more standard documentary-style interviews, the viewer is left to wonder if anything they are seeing is real, and once that foundation of belief is cracked, the entire movie loses legitimacy. It's not good enough to be a documentary; it's not good enough to be a romantic comedy. Two negatives do not equal a positive.The movie borders on a saccharine-styled Blair Witch Project with better production values. Li further carries this deception into the real world, denying that she's dating Michael Cera, but then noting in other places that their relationship ended in 2009, conveniently as the movie is released. She also tried to create fiction around her age, pretending to be ten years or more older than Cera, even though she looks she could sit in a high school geometry class. This leaves us to wonder, Why? The deception adds nothing to the movie plot, it's not a cutting-edge move, it's really nothing more than an annoyance.From the acting side, Li's cutesy nerd style plays well at the start, but wears thin as the movie progresses. Cera is normally a solid actor, but interesting his scenes are the ones where it's most obvious the movie has drifted from faux documentary to a clearly acted and scripted production. It's a bit unsettling.It's not unwatchable, there's even one or two points where it's almost charming, but many viewers are going to walk away feeling a bit flat, and a bit played.You don't need to dive to find the remote to turn this movie off it it happens to show up for free on your TV. Yet you're not missing anything if you make it through your earthly existence without seeing Paper Heart. It's mildly entertaining, but just as easily could have been produced by a second-year NYU film student.

This film is not what it appears to be. Its a lot more and by reading the end credits you get an insight into what you just watched. On the surface it's a look into what love is, consisting of interviews with various loves and a love as experienced by interviewer Charlyne Yi and Celeb Friend Mike Cera caught by pure luck it would seem. Director Nick Jasenovec also plays a key roll in the film as he discusses on camera what they're doing and where he wants the film to go. There's lots of insight and entertainment in the journey but in the end credits you see That Nick was played by an actor and so all the material with him in it is scripted, which means that the documentary we just saw was actually fiction. This was quite ground breaking in that it's not a mockumentary cos they weren't making fun of a genre, they were conveying a message and the message is no less because the film tricked us into believing we were witnessing actual events as they happened. Would it have been any less powerful if we had suspended disbelief like we do when a fictional movie absorbs us? For the duration of the film until the end credits roll the movie cut deeper and affected us more because we believed we were witnessing reality and so its message worked better.A few people have had issues with the trick though, although I didn't, and this has lessened or damaged the impact for them. Its uncharted territory and I guess there are pitfalls to navigate as people get used to this type of film but I for one give full credit to this crew for sculpting an intelligent and interesting story with a new way of telling it.Excellent work people!

Okay so the premise of the movie is this, fiction and non-fiction content is mashed into this documentary type of film and it's about a girl Charlyne Yi doubting love. Thus she goes around interviewing people that fell deeply in love and hear there stories, the stories aren't breathtaking or anything but it does have it's moments and sometimes compelling. Michael Cera plays a role in this by playing the guy that falls for Charlyne Yi during a party. And there relationship is not that believable same with Charlyne Yi not believing in love or being loved or loving another. It Charlyne Yi seemed pretty genuine during the relationship but Michael Cera just seemed bored out of his mind even if they sometimes improvised. This film didn't do so well at the box office and I can tell why, the film hardly has any substance, the relationship between Charlyne Yi and Michael Cera is nothing remarkable same as the interviews which could have gone on and on if they wanted to interview more people. The whole point of this movie is to find out if love exist, but and was charming at times though. I guess if you find this movie to be believable you will like it and if not you probably won't, I personally found it a bit mediocre since some of it was believable in my opinion.5/10

Charlene Yi a writer & comic actress co-wrote this documentary style film on the meaning of love.Nicholas Jasenovic directed & is the other co-writer.It had a short run on about 50 screens late summer 2009.Seeing it on DVD this evening, I did enjoy it BUT would have been disappointed if I saw it in a 'multi-plex'. Years back films of this nature would have been on the lower half of a double bill or had Vaudeville skits with it.It is nice & pleasant,. she travels around the country asking various peoples if they have ever found true love.Micheal Cera a promising new actor is featured as himself, he & Charlene did have a romance during the filming. The 2 of them wrote much of the music, it too is pleasant. Very good camera work & nice setting.This is a worthwhile minor rental. You may not love it BUT you definitely wont hate itRatings: *** (out of 4) 81 points out of 100) IMDb 7 (out of 10)