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    Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

    • 20082008
    • PG-13PG-13
    • 1h 30min
    IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    89K
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    Michael Cera and Kat Dennings in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
    The trailer for the upcoming DVD release of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
    Trailer2:26
    12 Videos
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    ComedyDramaMusic

    High school student Nick O'Leary, member of the Queercore band The Jerk Offs, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg when she asks him to be her boyfriend for five minutes.High school student Nick O'Leary, member of the Queercore band The Jerk Offs, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg when she asks him to be her boyfriend for five minutes.High school student Nick O'Leary, member of the Queercore band The Jerk Offs, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg when she asks him to be her boyfriend for five minutes.High school student Nick O'Leary, member of the Queercore band The Jerk Offs, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg when she asks him to be her boyfriend for five minutes.High school student Nick O'Leary, member of the Queercore band The Jerk Offs, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg when she asks him to be her boyfriend for five minutes.

    • Director
      • Peter Sollett
    • Writers
      • Lorene Scafaria(screenplay)
      • Rachel Cohn(novel)
      • David Levithan(novel)
    • Stars
      • Michael Cera
      • Kat Dennings
      • Aaron Yoo
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Peter Sollett
    • Writers
      • Lorene Scafaria(screenplay)
      • Rachel Cohn(novel)
      • David Levithan(novel)
    • Stars
      • Michael Cera
      • Kat Dennings
      • Aaron Yoo
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 158User reviews
    • 157Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Awards
      • 9 nominations

    Videos12

    DVD trailer
    Trailer 2:26
    DVD trailer
    Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
    Trailer 2:29
    Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
    You're My Musical Soulmate
    Clip 1:04
    You're My Musical Soulmate
    I'm Not a Cab
    Clip 0:57
    I'm Not a Cab
    I'm Not Jealous
    Clip 1:02
    I'm Not Jealous
    Call Me
    Clip 1:00
    Call Me
    What Could Go Wrong?
    Clip 0:59
    What Could Go Wrong?
    Is That a Turkey Sandwich?
    Clip 1:18
    Is That a Turkey Sandwich?
    Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist
    Featurette 0:33
    Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist
    Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist
    Featurette 0:57
    Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist
    Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist
    Interview 0:44
    Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist
    Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist
    Interview 0:26
    Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist

    Photos82

    Michael Cera and Alexis Dziena in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
    Michael Cera and Peter Sollett in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
    Michael Cera, Peter Sollett, and Kat Dennings in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
    Peter Sollett in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
    Michael Cera in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
    Michael Cera in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
    Kat Dennings in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
    Michael Cera, Aaron Yoo, and Jonathan B. Wright in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
    Michael Cera in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
    Michael Cera, Aaron Yoo, and Rafi Gavron in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
    Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Aaron Yoo, Rafi Gavron, and Jonathan B. Wright in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
    Michael Cera and Kat Dennings in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)

    Top cast

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    Michael Cera
    Michael Cera
    • Nickas Nick
    Kat Dennings
    Kat Dennings
    • Norahas Norah
    Aaron Yoo
    Aaron Yoo
    • Thomas Thom
    Rafi Gavron
    Rafi Gavron
    • Devas Dev
    Ari Graynor
    Ari Graynor
    • Carolineas Caroline
    Alexis Dziena
    Alexis Dziena
    • Trisas Tris
    Jonathan B. Wright
    Jonathan B. Wright
    • Beefy Guy (Lethario)as Beefy Guy (Lethario)
    Zachary Booth
    Zachary Booth
    • Garyas Gary
    Jay Baruchel
    Jay Baruchel
    • Talas Tal
    Justin Rice
    Justin Rice
    • Bishop Allenas Bishop Allen
    Christian Rudder
    • Bishop Allenas Bishop Allen
    Giorgio Angelini
    Giorgio Angelini
    • Bishop Allenas Bishop Allen
    Darbie Nowatka
    • Bishop Allenas Bishop Allen
    Cully Symington
    • Bishop Allenas Bishop Allen
    Jeremy Haines
    • Randy (Are You Randy)as Randy (Are You Randy)
    Sammy Marc Rubin
    • Sammy (Are You Randy)as Sammy (Are You Randy)
    Glenn Kubota
    Glenn Kubota
    • Korean Guyas Korean Guy
    Marika Daciuk
    Marika Daciuk
    • Ukrainian Waitressas Ukrainian Waitress
    • Director
      • Peter Sollett
    • Writers
      • Lorene Scafaria(screenplay)
      • Rachel Cohn(novel)
      • David Levithan(novel)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    It's been three weeks, two days, and 23 hours since Tris broke up with Nick. And now here she is at his gig, with a new guy. How could she have moved on so fast? This begins the night of Nick, Norah and Manhattan. The night of stripping nuns, hotel ice rooms, Russian food, psychotic ex-boyfriends and lovingly trashy ex-girlfriends. It's the night of Julio and Salvatore. The night of holding hands and writing songs and singing in the rain. It's a night they'll never forget. —Anonymous
    searchone nightnight lifebig city lifeusa66 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • This October, Press Play.
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Drama
      • Music
      • Romance
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material including teen drinking, sexuality, language and crude behavior
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Ari Graynor (Caroline) improvised her whole speech at the Port Authority when Kevin Corrigan decided he wouldn't say a word during his scene.
    • Goofs
      When Norah takes Nick inside her dad's studio, he picks up a Stratocaster and says "it's left-handed." Nick is correct; this is a right-handed guitar that is strung upside down with the strap switched for use by a left-handed guitar player. That is how Jimi Hendrix played. The scene takes place in Electric Lady Studios, which was the studio Hendrix built as explained by Nick in the movie and hence, we are to assume that this is one of Jimi's guitars.
    • Quotes

      Norah: It reminds me of this part of Judaism that I really like. It's called Tikun Olam. It says that the world's been broken into pieces and it's everybody's job to find them and put them back together again.

      Nick: Well maybe we're the pieces. Maybe we are not supposed to find the pieces. Maybe we are the pieces.

      Norah: Nick? I'm coming in...

    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Soundtracks Better Than the Movie (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Speed of Sound
      Written by Chris Bell (as Christopher Bell)

      Performed by Chris Bell

      Published by Ardent Music, LLC (ASCAP)

      Courtesy of Rykodisc

      By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing (p) 1992 David Bell

    User reviews158

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Sweet Tunes
    On one particular night in New York City, an elusive band by the name of Where's Fluffy? have announced a secret concert. The word spreads through the city's underground punk scene faster than it can go out of style and before long, it reaches Nick and Norah. Nick and Norah don't know each other when this news reaches their ears but before the end of the night, they will each find something infinitely more important than Fluffy. NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST is a contemporary romantic comedy that sets itself in an entirely unconventional place and time (can you think of another way to describe a straight romance in the queer punk underground?), but presents itself in a sometimes far too conventional fashion. While it can at times be too cool for school, it is the roughness around its edges that give it an unexpected and genuine warmth. Like any finely balanced playlist, it works its way into your head and your soul.

    Nick (Michael Cera) has been down as of late. It seems his fragile heart has been trampled by Tris (Alexis Dziena), a girl so clearly wrong for him but whose physical beauty is apparently capable of diverting people from noticing her lack of a soul. Norah (Kat Dennings) has some trust issues as she naturally assumes that any man interested in her is likely more interested in her connections (her dad is an enormously successful record executive). As a result, both Nick and Norah have withdrawn – not externally as they both still function amongst the other humans but they do so at arm's length. Like sleeping beauties though, they are both awoken from their waking comas by a shared impromptu kiss. Suddenly, worlds they never knew existed have become possibilities and an ordinary evening becomes an adventure. While the twists the evening takes are at times unrealistic, they do give the night and the film a sense of spontaneity that makes the viewer believe that anything can happen.

    Peter Sollett is a delicate director. His first feature, RAISING VISTOR VARGAS, in which a group of Hispanic youths in New York's lower east side figure out how to stop playing and how to be themselves instead, was a singular revelation. He created a strong sense of hesitation in face of the unknown and a desire to be something more. He has an ease with creating simple, real spaces that foster intimacy and humble his characters and Nick and Norah are no exception to his treatment. Outside of these two though, the remaining ensemble are little more than comic relief and functional plot progression pieces. They can come across as occasionally transparent and one-dimensional but thankfully never enough to distract from the delightful romance budding at the center of all the chaos. Cera proves his versatility once again by showing that there are hundreds of facets to being an awkward teenager, that awkwardness does not define you but is rather just how who you are can come across. Dennings is his perfect counterpoint; she is sharp and strong, a worthy adversary, but frightened underneath it all, an ideal match. The two are so strongly suited that they transform the sometimes too facile script into something much more mature and meaningful.

    NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST made me want to fall in love. It also made me laugh and swoon, delight in the magic of music and believe in the transformative properties of one crazy night. It made me long to be in New York City. It made me wish that I was that young again and that believing in possibilities was that easy to do. It may not be perfect but it is almost better that way, more real. There is something so genuine at the heart of this film that makes it almost impossible not to want for Nick and Norah to realize their potential – a potential that is just as infinite as the playlist they are about to create together.
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    • moutonbear25
    • Oct 4, 2008

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 3, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sony Pictures Entertainment
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Будь моїм хлопцем на 5 хвилин
    • Filming locations
      • Katz's Delicatessen - 205 East Houston Street, East Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Screen Gems
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Mandate Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $31,487,293
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $11,311,751
      • Oct 5, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $33,556,631
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30min
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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