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.
Youth in Revolt is a teen fantasy filled with lust, imagination, frustration and lots of laughs, artfully made and superbly played.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
8 Jan 2010
rotten:
Cera may be trapped in his unchanging persona, but no more than this picture is walled in by its sitcom conventions.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
8 Jan 2010
fresh:
A clever and often riotous burst of cynicism that pushes, let's face it, some pretty questionable ideas.
– Amy Biancolli,
Houston Chronicle,
8 Jan 2010
fresh:
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 mascot.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
11 Jan 2010
fresh:
The tone throughout is moderately quirky rather than full-on teen-flick vulgarian, bolstered by indie-cred cameos.