Andrew O'Hehir at Salon gives the film a middling review, but then sits down for an interesting Q&A with Levine:

For me, a lot of it was informed by the music. We had the opportunity to listen to "Ready to Die" [by Notorious B.I.G.] or "Nevermind" [by Nirvana] or "Illmatic" [by Nas] or the first Weezer album. All this great music was coming out then. Especially the hip-hop — that was what I connected to on a visceral, personal level. The music you're listening to really determines a lot about your memories.

Where are they now, musically speaking? Dead, dead, destroyed by Jay-Z, and just as sex-deprived as poor Luke. Yeah, okay, maybe it was time to go there.

[Salon]

”I don't really get why she'd use my name to get press for her little indie film that no one's going to see...I know I've made it in Hollywood when a famous troll is talking about me on Letterman...I forgive her, though. She's had to go through life as the less cute twin, which must be tough."

As the war between actual working actress Olsen and reality trash-talker Pratt heats up, we dug up evidence that this battle has a much longer history than we thought. After the jump, the sordid high-school photo scandal that sparked the Olsen vs. Pratt battle years ago.

In the Us piece, Spencer throws a curveball into the mix by stating he and Mary-Kate didn't even attend the same high school, which is (not scientifically, by any means) actually evident on several "news" sites. But whether or not Olsen's quietly harsh comments about Pratt's soccer game hissy fits are slightly tarnished by this info, the two most certainly spent time socializing before Olsen hit her NYU hobo years and anyone on the planet knew who Pratt even was. After revisiting a Details profile on Spencer and his then-partner in crime Brody Jenner from last year, we noticed this plum detail: "the guy...will proudly tell you he made $50,000 in high school by selling a photo he took of Mary-Kate Olsen drinking at a party." One search through an Olsens fan site later turns up the picture in question, which looks less to us like evidence that MK is a "drunk" lush, and more like evidence that MK has always been the pruney-smiling party girl we've grown to know and love. Not to mention that Spencer, pictured upper left, has always been incredibly scary to look at. Team Olsen is where we remain.

[Photo credit: Olsen-Twins-News.com]

• SPENCER PRATT: ACTRESS MARY-KATE OLSEN IS THE LESS CUTE TWIN [Us]
• THE CREEP WHO MADE $50K BY SNAPPING MARY-KATE 'DRUNK' [Olsen-Twins-News]

Though we're sure Mary-Kate and Dave, evoking more chemistry as a comedy duo than Dave and Paul ever have, planned the awkward set-up in advance, Letterman's inquiry into Mary-Kate's famous high-school buddies not-so-surprisingly led to Olsen spilling the beans on Pratt's notorious "temper" while playing for her school's soccer team. According to MK, Pratt would get in violent fights with the coach and walk off the field in huffs regularly. Dave excitedly jumps in with a series of convoluted and delightful questions like, "How does someone his age get to be so oily?" and "Isn't he wormy?" Olsen, just on the verge of participating in the rant, impressively takes the high road by successfully pulling off a (funny!) non sequitur into promoting her film. Her old lady posture aside, Olsen has officially unveilied her A-game these last few weeks. If only she would come back to Weeds and save the Botwins from Mexico captivity by distracting the border guards with her hypnotizing laughing shoulder heaves, we might even throw a few buckets of red paint at PETA members in her honor.

• THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN [CBS]

The Oscar-winning Gandhi star — who would probably rather not have us remind you of his role as a chastity belt expert in D.O.A. Love Guru (especially following a certain co-star's tongue starring in everyone's favorite sex tape du jour) — revealed just how Mary-Kate performed in their very frisky telephone booth make-out scene: "She was completely in charge." While Kingsley isn't earning any points in the specificity department, we're going to give the new smiling version of MK the benefit of the doubt and assume the 22-year old's ability to "take charge" while playing tongue twister with someone more than 40 years her senior is yet another new talent she can add to her resume.

[Photo credit: Getty]

• MARY-KATE OLSEN SMILES LIKE SHE RARELY DOES - WITH TEETH! [HuffPo]
• BEN KINGSLEY: MARY-KATE WAS 'IN CHARGE' OF MAKE-OUT SCENE [People]

Choke
Antihero: Sex-addicted con-man Victor Mancini (Sam Rockwell).
Disease/Problem: Alzheimer's-afflicted mother.
Solution: Fake-choking at ritzy restaurants.
Unconventional Romantic Angle: Mancini cruises sexual addiction recovery workshops for action.

The Wackness
Antihero: Teen drug dealer Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck).
Disease/Problem: Drug-addicted psychiatrist Dr. Squires (Ben Kingsley); a troubled youth in need of counseling.
Solution: Bartering pot for therapy.
Unconventional Romantic Angle: Luke falls for Squire's daughter

Sunshine Cleaning
Antihero: Plucky, practical mom Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams).
Disease/Problem: Lack of funds for son's tuition.
Solution: Forming a biohazard/crime-scene cleanup business.
Unconventional Romantic Angle: Something involving Rose's sister Norah (Emily Blunt) and a suggestively consumed banana (see photo).

The Great Buck Howard
Antihero: A young law school dropout (Colin Hanks).
Disease/Problem: Once-great illusionist Buck Howard (John Malkovich) has a career on the decline.
Solution: Dropout answers Howard's Magician's Apprenticeship ad in the local paper.
Unconventional Romantic Angle: Hanks find the love of his life on the road.

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Antihero: Listless son-of-a-mobster Art Bechstein (Jon Foster).
Disease/Problem: "Art begins to believe that perhaps he doesn't even exist at all."
Solution: Art "encounters a beautiful debutante (Sienna Miller)."
Unconventional Romantic Angle: Art "encounters a beautiful debutante (Sienna Miller)."

• Sundance Could Be a Sellers' Bonanza [NY Times]