The 2010 movie “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” tells the story of this dorky, loner 23-year-old from who the film gets its name (Michael Cera). He plays the bass in a band and at the start of the movie, he meets the mysterious manic pixie dream girl Ramona (Mary Elizabeth Winstead).

He becomes infatuated with her and begins following her around, which leads to them starting to hang out. Eventually, he discovers that Ramona has seven evil exes: people from her past relationships that want to kill Scott, and throughout the movie, they challenge him to many duals.

Director Edgar Wright, who also directed “Hot Fuzz” and “Shaun of the Dead,” combines video games and comic books spectacularly in this movie. Wright uses his great direction to enhance the individual aspects of the film.

It’s based off of a manga, and one of the best examples of manga to film adaptations out there. At times, the film even looks like it’s a comic book and feels like a comic book. They did a great job of translating the individual panels into the movie exactly as they were. At one point, a scene had to be reshot because one of the actors wasn’t wearing socks, but in the book, the character has socks on.

Wright’s direction was so detailed and perfect in his use of colors and little intricacies, such as the little “x”’s scene throughout the movie. It’s all so well done and ingeniously crafted. There is no other film like this.

Michael Cera is the typical Michael Cera in this movie. All of his characters are very “I’m Michael Cera and I have a tiny little voice and I’m very awkward and weird and make silly little jokes very quietly,” but it works so incredibly well in this film. He’s hilarious and his action scenes are actually incredibly well done. The entire cast is so on point.

Jason Schwartzman plays Gideon Graves and the viewer can just tell how much fun he’s having in the role. Chris Evans plays one of the evil exes, Lucas Lee, an over the top actor/skateboarder. This movie gave so many actors the chance to just go for it and not seem like it’s too much.

Much like it’s manga origin, everything in this movie is exaggerated and overdone, but it works in the best way.

The soundtrack to this film is excellent, and the music plays such an important part in the movie because they’re in a band. At multiple points in the movie, Scott has to fight some of the exes with music, which is super cool.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World has great direction, awesome fight scenes, and an incredible score. It’s really funny, and has amazing supporting characters, such as Kieran Culkin as Scott’s “cool gay roommate Wallace Wells,” and the nostalgic effect of old video games and movies. 5 STARS!