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Youth in Revolt
USA 2009, 90 minutes
Dir. Miguel Arteta
English
Rating: [R16]
Genres: Comedy / Youth
Feat. Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Zach Galifianakis, Jean Smart, Steve Buscemi, Fred Willard, Ray Liotta, Ari Graynor, Justin Long, M. Emmet Walsh, Mary Kay Place
Aroview: Perfectly typecast, Michael Cera plays an adorable, sexually-frustrated "nice guy" who invents a trouble-making alter ego - Francois Dillinger - in order to win over the girl of his dreams.
Given its risk-taking premise (and title) this plays it relatively safe as a hipster-nerd rom-com, with its sweet central romance, sex-and-scat humour and familiar roster of oddball characters, but like the recent 500 DAYS OF SUMMER, has the credentials to prove a Gen-Y audience favourite. Cera fans will enjoy him twice as much is dual roles, and newcomer Portia Doubleday's star will surely rise from here. Based on the cult teen novel by C.D. Payne.
Member Reviews
Average rating 
(Good Enough). Showing 1-2 of 2 member reviews.
3 stars (Good Enough) ~Sarah
2 stars (Good Try) The screenplay was unnecessarily juvenile at times. The biggest disappointment however was the waste of the adult cast - they had small parts. You wish Cera & co. could be pushed to one side to give the adults a crack even if it meant re-titling the film. ~Tubbs
Close Relatives
- Chuck and Buck (2000)
- Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
- Igby Goes Down (2002)
- Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (2010)
- Spectacular Now, The (2013)
- 500 Days Of Summer (2009)
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