For a lot of millennials, it's strange to even concede that Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is more or less nostalgia bait in 2023, down to its cascade of familiar actors who've wildly transformed over the years. But then again, one of the distinct pleasures of revisiting this funhouse arcade version of Toronto is getting a chance to see younger versions of Chris Evans, Kieran Culkin, Brie Larson, Anna Kendrick, and many more actors you probably forgot were in this thing, all crammed into a tightly edited, 112-minute high-concept fever dream whose only real sin is its restraint, if you can believe it.
