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Superbad's Michael Cera discovers a vacation romance in Youth in Revolt, a teen comedy from Charlie Bartlett's screenwriter, Gustin Nash, and director Miguel Arteta (Chuck & Buck). The film is an adap... read more read more...tation of C.D. Payne's first book in a series of best-selling satirical novels starring Nick Twisp, a sexually charged 14-year-old whose intelligence and hormones get him into all sorts of adventures. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Miguel Arteta

Release Date: January 8, 2010

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DVD Release Date: June 15, 2010

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  • jmanard52
    September 1, 2010
    jmanard52
    A dark satirical comedy. it took me a little bit to warm up to it but once I did I really enjoyed it.
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    May 7, 2012
    TheDudeLebowski65
    Youth In Revolt is a terrible, virtual laugh free comedy. This film was so bad, I had to stop it 45 minutes in. It didn't get better or funnier. Not even Zach Galifianakis made this film any funnier. The dialogue is so stupid, the acting beyond terrible and you really do feel sor... read morery for how lame Michael Cera is with women.. What a lame actor he is, they basically took his so-so character Evan from Superbad and made him worse by making him wimpier and more depressing. I left in the middle and went to finish Mystic River instead.
  • blkbomb
    December 6, 2011
    blkbomb
    Francois Dillinger: I want to tickle your belly button... From the inside.

    "He Wasn't a Rebel Until He Found His Cause."

    I put off seeing Youth in Revolt for the longest time. The trailer didn't impress me and I thought the movie looked completely stupid. Granted it is stupid, ... read morebut not in a bad way. I ended up really liking the film. I loved the independent feel to the movie, with occurrences like weird sexual diagrams coming to life and floating in midair during a mushroom trip. I liked Michael Cera's typecast performance as the lovable geek. I know Cera is starting to run thin with people, but I still find his performances to be hilarious. Maybe this is because I see a lot of myself in him.

    A 16 year old falls in love with a beautiful girl, when his mother and her boyfriend move the family away for the summer. When they are forced to leave, the two devise a plan where he will get himself kicked out of the house. This will allow him to move in with his father and be close to his girlfriend. In order to get kicked out, he has to get in touch with his bad side. His bad aide ends up making all his decisions for him the rest of the movie, while trying to help him get the girl and get laid.

    Youth in Revolt is a movie that is going to divide people. You will either sit there and be saying to yourself, "This is awesome" or "This is retarded." I was sitting there saying, "This is awesome." It's a different movie and I loved it for that. Sure it has the same main plot as a lot of the other teen comedies, but this one adds a lot of originality to the mix and makes for a special film. 

    I'm not going to argue with people who don't like the movie because I can definitely see why. It really isn't a movie for anyone out of their 20's. Middle aged to the elderly just won't get this movie. It's truly a movie for the young. I really wish I hadn't waited so long to see it.
  • ceWEBrity
    September 16, 2011
    ceWEBrity
    Surprisingly dark and audacious, Youth in Revolt will nonetheless probably be remembered as the movie where Michael Cera first broke out of type. His portrayal of Francois, a typical Truffaut anti-hero with a bone to pick with society, is aware and amusing, though I think a lot o... read moref people will misread that half of his performance as attempting to be "badass." He isn't badass, particularly; this is simply him channeling the prototypical mustachioed too-cool-for-you rebels who can't actually put their money where their mouth is. That's why the Nick Twisp persona exists - he's the one following through on Francois's manipulative goading because you get the feeling that someone like Francois would never, ever do the wack shit that Nick gets himself into. Watching him crawl deeper into the rabbit hole is a truly uncomfortable experience, and Youth in Revolt scores most of its laughs through unabashed cringe humor; it isn't entirely effective, sure, and anyone looking for a straight comedy will almost surely be disappointed. This is mostly a movie about kids leading shitty lives and trying desperately to protect the few bright spots that punctuate them.
  • bottcorecords1
    June 27, 2011
    bottcorecords1
    Michael Cera gets a bad rap for basically playing the same character in every one of his movies. There's something to be said for an actor who finds niche for himself in the movie industry. John Wayne is famous for being a cowboy and Micheal Cera is famous for being a quirky te... read moreen. In fact, one can take for granted that Cera will be just fine in whatever quirky teen role he's in and spend their time focusing more on the film surrounding him. Youth in Revolt is actually a pretty entertaining film about quirky teens.

    Michael Cera is stuck with his slutty mom and her dirty hobo boyfriend (Zach Galifianakis) who is on the run from sailors after selling them a broken down car. The three go up to a trailer park for a vacation-on-the-lam, and it's there Cera meets Sheeni (Portia Doubleday), an equally quirky teen who fulfills all the requisite "heartbreaker" qualities a quirky male teen might look for in a girl. Cera adopts an alter ego persona named Francois Dillinger to help him overcome his fears and become a sauve ladies man. Well, not necessarily adopts, Francois is sort of a guardian angel-type character that follows him around, advising him on how to handle certain situations. The film, while being a romantic indie comedy, goes to some pretty dark places, what with the drugs and obsessive stalker types. It's all done with full self awareness, for as they point out in the film, being a teenager is about emotional extremes, where things seem black-and-white, life-or-death, and hormonal attraction is so palpable, it might as well be a physical thing standing next to you in the room.
  • murphmann93
    June 23, 2011
    murphmann93
    Quirky yet funny. I weirdly liked it and Michael Cera is a great actor. His potryal of two different people is hilarous. A must see!
  • imrealgod
    May 4, 2011
    imrealgod
    A typical rom-com which doesn't provide enough fun. Michael Cera does well as Nick Twisp but his alter ego was terribly annoying.
  • DreamExtractor
    April 10, 2011
    DreamExtractor
    Micheal Cera can't act, he is a woman. They needed a more cooler actor here to fit the role, not Cera. The plot was interesting and fun. The movie itself is surprisingly funny, I was laughing a lot. The minor characters stesl the show as they are much funnier than Cera. This... read more movie was good, but a lot of changes couldve made it great.
  • aSpaceCowboy
    February 6, 2011
    aSpaceCowboy
    Big words from such a scrawny man.
  • kenstachnik
    January 28, 2011
    kenstachnik
    The tone is a little all over the place, but there are moments of brilliance here and there. Descent movie in need of a few re-writes.

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Critic Reviews

David Edelstein
January 11, 2010
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

I love this new breed of dirty movie. It goes beyond leering, beyond sexism, to the core tension of a culture that ricochets between Puritanism and promiscuity. And it has in Michael Cera a sterling m... Full Review

Amy Biancolli
January 8, 2010
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

A clever and often riotous burst of cynicism that pushes, let's face it, some pretty questionable ideas. Full Review

Rick Groen
January 8, 2010
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

Cera may be trapped in his unchanging persona, but no more than this picture is walled in by its sitcom conventions. Full Review

Tom Long
January 8, 2010
Tom Long, Detroit News

Youth in Revolt is a teen fantasy filled with lust, imagination, frustration and lots of laughs, artfully made and superbly played. Full Review

Manohla Dargis
January 8, 2010
Manohla Dargis, New York Times

A sweet and slight and often charming coming-of-age tale.

Tom Maurstad
January 8, 2010
Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News

Some may find such elements desperate or calculated in their quirky-cuteness, but I think they add to the movie's efforts to evoke the surrealism and excruciating intensity of, as the title puts it, y... Full Review

Cliff Doerksen
January 8, 2010
Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader

Mildly diverting rather than uproarious, the film still stands out among teen sex comedies for its low-key approach to antic material. Full Review

Ann Hornaday
January 8, 2010
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

From The Catcher in the Rye to Rushmore, it's a story we've seen in better versions before. Full Review

Randy Myers
January 8, 2010
Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News

The studio's lackluster release will likely mean it'll thrive on DVD. Don't wait for that. Youth in Revolt is worth making a trip to the theaters. Full Review

Mary F. Pols
January 8, 2010
Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine

Uneven but occasionally quite funny... Full Review

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    • Estelle Twisp: I need that child support money to eat.
    • Nick Twisp/Francois: Shouldn't you need that child support money to support your child?
    • Nick Twisp/Francois: I want to tickle your belly button... from the inside.
  • The revolution begins January 8
  • He wasn't a rebel until he found his cause.
  • Every "revolution" needs a leader.
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