Synopsis
As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to a trailer park. When a pretty neighbor named Sheeni plays records by French crooners, it's love at first sight for frustrated and inexperienced Nick. Learning that she is dating someone, Nick launches a hilarious quest to find his way into Sheeni's heart -- and bed.
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Cast
- Michael CeraNick Twisp / François Dillinger
- Portia DoubledaySheeni Saunders
- Jean SmartEstelle Twisp
- M. Emmet WalshMr. Saunders
- Steve BuscemiGeorge Twisp
- Adhir KalyanVijay Joshi
- Fred WillardMr. Ferguson
- Ray LiottaLance Wescott
- Zach GalifianakisJerry
- Erik KnudsenLefty
Recommandations
- 100
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Bursting with smart dialogue, surprising situations and humor that springs from richly imagined characters. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
One of the secrets of Youth in Revolt is that Nick seems bewildered by his own desires and strategies. He knows how he feels, he knows what he wants, but he'd need a map to get from A to B. It's his self-abasing modesty that makes the movie work. Here, you feel, is a movie character who would find more peace on the radio. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The collision of adolescent hormones and parental folly, hardly new cinematic territory, gets a bracing absurdist slant in Youth in Revolt. - 70
Variety
Cera and his gifted comic co-stars elevate the mediocre source material into a semi-iconic coming-of-age story. - 70
Arizona Republic
It does give Cera a chance to play at being a bad boy. But it's just that - playing at it. - 63
ReelViews
From the beginning, it's apparent that there's something "off" about Youth in Revolt. It's not that the film is fatally flawed, but the tone is uneven, the satire is blunt, the comedy rarely generates more than feeble laughs, and the lead character never comes fully to life. - 60
Time Out
It’s a kick to see Cera cut loose from his patented befuddled-nerd routine, even if the film’s caricatured performances and fish-in-a-barrel scorn are sure to be monotonous for some. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
Timing is everything. And Youth in Revolt is late -- arriving not just at the tail end of the star's sell-by date for this particular kind of character, but more importantly at the tail end of the intended audience's attention span for an inconsequential Sundance-y tale of sexual coming-of-age.
