What follows is, in Wrights terms, a musical, but with fighting instead of singing.
Witness Rouths unexpected gift for comedy.
Marvel at Winsteads mastery of deadpan.
Yield to Wongs super-enthusiastic portrayal of Knives Chau (17 years old).
There simply isnt a duff player amongst them.
InScott Pilgrim, he seems to take his dedication to the form almost to another level.
If theres any major problem, its thatScott Pilgrims frame of reference sometimes seems self-consciously narrow.
That is its greatest strength and its greatest limitation.
Still, the fact that the film exists at all is enough.
Rating:
4 out of 5
