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Youth in Revolt

  • 20092009
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  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
75K
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Michael Cera and Portia Doubleday in Youth in Revolt (2009)
The tale of Nick Twisp (Michael Cera) and his quest to win the heart of Sheeni (newcomer Portia Doubleday) and hopefully lose his virginity along the way.
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While his trailer trash parents teeter on the edge of divorce, Nick Twisp sets his sights on dream girl Sheeni Saunders, hoping that she'll be the one to take away his virginity.While his trailer trash parents teeter on the edge of divorce, Nick Twisp sets his sights on dream girl Sheeni Saunders, hoping that she'll be the one to take away his virginity.While his trailer trash parents teeter on the edge of divorce, Nick Twisp sets his sights on dream girl Sheeni Saunders, hoping that she'll be the one to take away his virginity.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
75K
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    • Miguel Arteta
    • Gustin Nash(screenplay)
    • C.D. Payne(novel "Youth in Revolt: the Adventures of Nick Twisp")
  • Stars
    • Michael Cera
    • Portia Doubleday
    • Jean Smart
    • Miguel Arteta
    • Gustin Nash(screenplay)
    • C.D. Payne(novel "Youth in Revolt: the Adventures of Nick Twisp")
  • Stars
    • Michael Cera
    • Portia Doubleday
    • Jean Smart
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 112User reviews
    • 187Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
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    Michael Cera and Portia Doubleday in Youth in Revolt (2009)
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    Miguel Arteta in Youth in Revolt (2009)
    Michael Cera and Adhir Kalyan in Youth in Revolt (2009)
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    Michael Cera
    Michael Cera
    • Nick Twisp…
    Portia Doubleday
    Portia Doubleday
    • Sheeni Saunders
    Jean Smart
    Jean Smart
    • Estelle Twisp
    Zach Galifianakis
    Zach Galifianakis
    • Jerry
    Erik Knudsen
    Erik Knudsen
    • Lefty
    Adhir Kalyan
    Adhir Kalyan
    • Vijay Joshi
    Steve Buscemi
    Steve Buscemi
    • George Twisp
    Fred Willard
    Fred Willard
    • Mr. Ferguson
    Ari Graynor
    Ari Graynor
    • Lacey
    Ray Liotta
    Ray Liotta
    • Lance Wescott
    Justin Long
    Justin Long
    • Paul Saunders
    Rooney Mara
    Rooney Mara
    • Taggarty
    Jade Fusco
    Jade Fusco
    • Bernice Lynch
    Lise Lacasse
    • Matron
    M. Emmet Walsh
    M. Emmet Walsh
    • Mr. Saunders
    Mary Kay Place
    Mary Kay Place
    • Mrs. Saunders
    Jonathan B. Wright
    Jonathan B. Wright
    • Trent
    • (as Jonathan Bradford Wright)
    Mike Collins
    Mike Collins
    • Old Man
      • Miguel Arteta
      • Gustin Nash(screenplay)
      • C.D. Payne(novel "Youth in Revolt: the Adventures of Nick Twisp")
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    • Trivia
      François talks dirty to Sheeni in the boarding school ("I want to tickle your bellybutton from the inside", etc.) Director Miguel Arteta revealed on the commentary that all those lines came from researching internet porn sites.
    • Goofs
      The word 'acquaintance' is spelled incorrectly on the lower 3rd when Trent is being interviewed on TV
    • Quotes

      Nick Twisp and Francois Dillinger: [after having sex with Sheeni, to Sheeni] It's a wonder that humankind has constructed any kind of civilization with this monumental distraction at hand.

    • Crazy credits
      During the credits an animated segment shows what happened following Nick's arrest.
    • Connections
      Featured in Late Show with David Letterman: Episode #17.66 (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      I Fell in Love
      Written by Marty Wereski and Jim Latham

      Performed by The Frank & Friends Big Band

      Courtesy of MAR-TUNE MUSIC

    User reviews112

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    8/10
    Subversive hilarity
    When you hear that Michael Cera will be playing yet another nerdy virginal dweeb, your first reaction is likely to include a couple of eyerolls and other dismissive motions. Here he plays an effete high schooler named Nick Twisp who thinks he's found the girl of his dreams during a lakefront vacation. Only to get the girl he needs to man up and become more dangerous, so he invents a subpersona named Francois, a dashing lad full of derring-do. This black comedy has plenty of laughs amid a wacky, absurdist atmosphere.

    Nick Twisp. Great name for a fictional character; terrible name for a real person, I would think. Nick is into Frank Sinatra, his computer, and classic prose; he lives with his trailer-trash mom (Jean Smart) and her ne'er-do-well current boyfriend (played with laid-back zeal by Zach Galifianakis). Nick is as stammery as any other Michael Cera character, and his approach to the fairer sex is, unsurprisingly, ineffective.

    Things look up when he meets neighbor Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday, who is both enigmatic and ebullient as Sheeni), who's gorgeous and fun to be with. It's not long before Nick decides Sheeni's the one for him. But it's quickly revealed that Sheeni already has a boyfriend, a real manly man named Trent. How can anyone played by Michael Cera compete with a guy named Trent? Easy – by inventing an alter ego that gives voice to his rampaging id, a rogueish cad named Francois (because Sheeni loves French things). Francois allows Nick to do and say things that he'd never otherwise say.

    And that's when things really take off. The pleasure of this movie is twofold. First, Cera's delivery and the script by Gustin Nash go together like Forrest Gump and Jenny. The jokes are often laugh-out-loud quality, and it's at least partly due to Cera's sometimes-mumbled, frightened-rabbit replies. His funny lines are played straight, and somehow it works. Second, the absurd escalating situations in which Nick finds himself – as a result of his own actions, it should be noted – are funny the same way Mr. Creosote's predicament was funny in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. The stuff Nick does at the behest of Francois to win Sheemi's heart are hilarious yet unlikely – and yet they ring true nonetheless.

    It also helps that Cera is supported by some damn funny actors: Galifianakis is a hoot in a somewhat dark role; Steve Buscemi plays Nick's dad with vulgar intensity (as if he were a domesticated version of Mr. Pink); Justin Long, of all people, is Sheeni's stoner older brother; M. Emmett Walsh (who's perhaps a tad too old to be the father of a teen) is Sheeni's dad; Mary Kay Place is the mom; Smart as Nick's mom; and Adhir Kalyan as a fellow student who helps Nick in his quest for Sheeni. Oh, and Fred Willard as a neighbor who likes to save illegal immigrants from the INS.

    I know the word "quirky" is overused for oddball comedies today, particularly those starring Michael Cera (who, if he plays another Nick, may as well dot his face with bloodied pieces of tissue paper), but this one outquirks most of them. Even with all the madness zooming around this film, at the heart of things is the love between a girl and a boy and the lengths either will go to protect that bond. This movie should appeal to those who like offbeat romances.
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    • Release date
      • January 8, 2010 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Spanish
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    • Filming locations
      • Hazel Park, Michigan, USA
    • Production companies
      • Dimension Films
      • Permut Presentations
      • Shangri-La Entertainment
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