Youth in Revolt
Tags: romantic, alternate reality, entertaining, flashback

Plot synopsis:
Nick Twisp, a 16-year-old teen, who is forced to spend a week in "cabin" in a trailer park which isn't a cabin, it's a trailer. While staying the week there, Nick meets the girl of his (wet) dreams, Sheeni. Nick, a lonely virgin, who hasn't kissed, held hands, or had sex with a girl. Sheeni and Nick suddenly become intimate and Sheeni admits her really tall, sexy, French, poet, and extremely smart boyfriend. While his mother and step-father where looking for a new trailer, Sheeni and Nick purchase a dog using a Subway coupon. The dog, Albert (pronounced Al-beare), is suddenly know as their love child. Sheeni is forced to get rid of Albert because of sins (of ripping up a bible), Nick takes Albert to live with him. Nick and Sheeni make a plan to stay together. Nick must be bad, SuperBad, to be able to live by Sheeni. When they arrive home, Jerry, Nick's Step-Father, dies of a heart attack. His mother begins to date a cop. Nick decides that he must get to Sheeni as possible. Nick causes a city-disaster by setting his mother car on fire, so that he can live with his divorced father (who happens to live by Sheeni). While talking to Sheeni on the phone, Nick tells her all the bad things he did, but while admitting all the crimes; Sheeni's mom was listening to it on the phone. When Nick arrives to Sheeni's trailer, her mother tells him that he's the devil and is going to hell and that Sheeni is getting sent to boarding school. Sheeni tells him that it is not punishment, it is helping her with her dream. Nick and his (newly) friend go on the road to get to Sheeni. When he arrives, he is invited to spend the night. Nick's bad side is convincing him to have sex. The bad side took over his good side and they begin to have intercourse, but are caught and forced to leave. Nick sends a letter to a roommate/friend of Sheeni, that tells her to drug Sheeni with a sleeping pill so that kicked out of boarding school. When Sheeni finds out that Nick got her kicked out, she gets angry and hates him for it. Sheeni's brother invites Nick over and Sheeni isn't too happy. In the end, Nick comes over dressed a woman and Sheeni forgives him and they have make-up sex. Nick is caught by an boy who also loves Sheeni, and he calls the cops on Nick. Nick is arrested for 3-months (since he is a minor) and he knows Sheeni is the right girl for him.

Review: That is exactly what happens to Nick Twisp (Michael Cera), but instead of meekly accepting his fate like a good little nerd he decides to fight back by creating a persona his French-loving would-be girlfriend cannot resist, Francois Dillinger.
Don't be fooled that this is movie for teens only; there is lot more here going on.Great transformation by Michael Cera, well developed main and supporting characters and very funny appearances by excellent and proved actors.
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.
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.
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.
The standouts among the supporting players include Fred Willard as an immigrant-phile, Justin Long as Sheeni's stoner brother, Mary Kay Place as Sheeni's Bible-wielding mother, and the two unknowns who portray Nick's friends, Lefty and BJ.Aside from a couple of intentionally quirky animated sequences and one or two clichéd stock characters, "Youth in Revolt" plays by its own rules, and it wins marvelously..
Francois's central objective is to get Nick kicked out of his dysfunctional home in Oakland, which he shares with his emotionally fragile mother (Jean Smart), and reunited with Sheeni, with the intention of living happily ever after (while also losing his virginity).'Youth in Revolt', is another hip, quirky comedy in which Michael Cera is given centre-stage in which to showcase abilities, however, he must tread cautiously in the future as he is dangerously close to becoming typecast (Superbad, Juno) as the desolate, yet intellectual teenage boy just looking to release his sexual burden.
Cera and Doubleday carry the film along nicely, and provide some very humorous on-screen chemistry, especially during the sequences involving very awkward circumstances – i.e. when Nick is asked to place a small amount of sun cream on Sheeni's back during a trip to the beach.
She works with a particular grace, and maturity that makes her performance at times overshadow that of the experience Cera.While aside from these two characters, Arteta's film also has an extensive A-list cast on show who take a backseat to the main story and occasionally chime in during the various convoluted sub-plots on show.
Though, unfortunately we are left filling in the majority of the gaps ourselves.Miguel Arteta has created a very funny and witty film in 'Youth in Revolt,' that despite having its flaws and areas in which it could have improved upon, ultimately prevails as another competent coming-of-age teen-flick that is centred around the holiest of teenage sanctities: sexual intercourse.
'Youth in Revolt' adapts the first three volumes of C.D. Payne's six-book series about Nick Twist, a smart and, in his own opinion anyway, more-than-usually horny 14-year-old in Oakland ("a large, torpid city across from San Frandisco") who reports in daily journal form on a series of adventures encountered on the way to losing his virginity, despite the obstacles set up by his irresponsible divorced parents.
The main point was to keep the incidents coming, and Payne went on with "The Further Journals" and finally the adventures of Twist's younger brother.Young Canadian actor Michael Cera, the star of Miguel Arteta's adaptation of this movie, who's now twenty-one, was already a TV veteran before he was ten.
Now that's testament to how far the R-rated comedy sexual revolution has come over the last decade, so it's not surprising to see a film so unabashed about teenage sex let alone one whose entire plot is driven by a teenager's zealous appetite to shed his virginity.The always soft-spoken and awkwardly verbose Cera plays yet another character that fits his mold in Twisp, a teenager with divorced parents who loves Fellini films and vintage vinyl and really, really wants to get laid.
If Cera doesn't want to flame out in the near future, he'll need more parts like this.From here on out, "Youth in Revolt" sort of tumbles into a teenage daydream of all the insane things any good, normal kid would do for love and sex -- if it were all fiction.
Director Miguel Arteta picks up on some subtler ideas such as how the many side characters act as insight on or inspire rebellious behavior, but they mostly get lost in the love story and Nick's sexual coming-of-age."Youth In Revolt" is an explicit teenage Rated-R comedy, but not a raunchy one, which ultimately makes it more respectable than more than half the genre off-the-bat.
Trying and failing to win the attention of the sexually sophisticated Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday), Nick is visited by the realization that he needs to create an alter-ego, an edgy bad-boy named Francois Dillinger.
Francois has blue eyes and a moustache, he smokes, he trashes Nick's record collection and coaches him through a spree of arson, property destruction and sexual triumph.The film, like Payne's book, is slightly off, in a very good way, three quarters heart-warming, smart character study and one quarter aggressive comic nihilism.
He's doing similar things in the very funny Youth in Revolt but what matters, what's exciting, is that Cera seems willing to modulate his image (an image that's worth literally millions of dollars) by taking roles in films like Arteta's not-exactly-totally-run-of-the-mill teen sex flick and this past summer's very neat, very brave Paper Heart.
But, the real strength in this movie is the supporting characters - Fred Willard, Steve Buscemi, Justin Long, Ray Liotta, Jean Smart, Mary Kay Place, and M.
When the movie wasn't sneaking up on you with quick and original situational comedy, Michael Cera's alter ego persona to Nick Twist kept taking Nick on unexpected adventures to get in the bed of Sheenie, the love interest.Without giving away any of the story, I will say the movie moved along at an almost, uncomfortable pace, venturing towards slow.
Portia Doubleday is cute enough playing Sheenie to where more leading roles should be coming her way.The movie was not laugh-out-loud funny throughout and deserving of only 6 out of 10..
Before i watched the movie i thought it was going to be a typical teenage comedy, the stuff Michael Cera normally acts in, which involved turning himself into the typical bad boy to get that girl the old him couldn't.About half an hour into watching it, i absolutely hated it.
Unfortunately, I think I'm in the minority.If you like Michael Cera playing his usual smarter-than-his-peers but still a virgin in the awkward teenager phase, then you will like "Youth in Revolt".
It doesn't work this time, though; Nick comes off as en egotistical, whiny hypocrite who gets no love from the audience, and when he's playing his alter ego 'Francois' - well, let's say I'm starting to doubt that the kid has as much potential as I once thought he did.
The best acting in the whole movie comes from Fred Willard, all two minutes of it, which is a shame because his character had more promise than anything else in a movie.I guess a lot of people enjoyed this movie, and there's no accounting for taste, but in my opinion Youth in Revolt was so manipulative and pathetic that a couple of funny moments and a professional production weren't nearly enough to make me glad I spent 90 minutes on it..
I was more than a little surprised with "Youth in Revolt", especially because I thought it to be just another mainstream late-teenage comedy like so many others in that genre.However, the storyline in the movie is good, spiced up with the right amount of absurdity, comedy and awkward moments.
I typically don't care to see teen comedy movies such as "Youth in Revolt", but for some reason I thought that it looked very funny from the trailers and I liked the idea of the split personality.
Cera, Doubleday Shine in Clever Comedy Aside from the usual onslaught of sappy romantic drivel, the sad milkings of former SNL cast members, and the Friedberg/Seltzer travesties, the past few years really have been golden ones for smaller, underdog comedies: Juno, Be Kind Rewind, The Wackness, Adventureland, (500) Days of Summer, and The Hangover to name a few.Youth In Revolt, a new comedy directed by Miguel Arteta, earns a well-deserved spot on that list.Michael Cera and Portia Doubleday in "Youth in Revolt." Michael Cera and Portia Doubleday in "Youth in Revolt." The film tells the story of a lonely and neglected teenage virgin named Nick Twisp (Michael Cera), who unexpectedly falls for a free-spirited trailer park girl named Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday).
Nick badly wants to be with her, so he creates an alter ego named Francois Dillinger – an evil version of himself that eventually takes over.Michael Cera is back in another movie about the struggles of losing your virginity.
Youth in revolt is a quirky, bittersweet slightly offbeat dark comedy starring Michael Cera as a 16 year old Nick Twisp.He lives with his MILF mom in a trailer with her no good trucker boyfriend Jerry (cameo by Zach Galifianakis).
To take on the boyfriend he creates a rebellious and exotic alter ego called Francois Dillinger.Francois causes trouble and before long Nick is on the run from the police and getting involved in all sorts of misadventures.The film is certainly quirky and sporadically funny thanks to Cera's dual performance and supported by supporting actors who all make glorified cameos such as Fred Willard, Justin Long, Ray Liotta and M Emmett Walsh.The trouble is it never amounts to much than a cynical quirky film featuring some horny nerdy youths, they even throw in some animation segments.
Nick Twisp (Michael Cera) is a 16 year old virgin living in Oakland with his divorced mother Estelle (Jean Smart) and her lying trucker boyfriend Jerry (Zach Galifianakis).
Emmet Walsh, Mary Kay Place) to a french boarding school to keep her away from the wild Nick.Michael Cera is getting a little too old to play the awkward 16 year old.
he in my eyes is the modern day jason biggs and definitively has an amazing future.what makes the film so excellent is the strangeness of cera's double role play between the main character nick and his darker side francois (who has a mustache btw) it follows a story about a guy trying to get a girl which everyone can relate to but it also follow a bad home life and how he deals with both of these things.
I guess I should give honourable mentions to other members of the cast It's not all about Cera after all So, honourable mentions go to; Portia Doubleday as Sheeni Saunders, Jean Smart as Estelle Twisp, Zach Galifianakis (I still don't think he's funny) as Jerry, Adhir Kalyan as Vijay Joshi, Steve Buscemi as George Twisp, Fred Willard as Mr. Ferguson and Ray Liotta as Lance Wescott.So, I've mentioned the good things and I've talked about Michael Cera playing Michael Cera one time too many for me.
The character in the film went through several behaviors such as rebellion, fear, and split personalities, which lead to the question as of why young people act a certain way during most parts of their lives.Youth in Revolt was comedy film and for the most part it had some good funny scenes, but the only problem was that it didn't have enough to be considered a top comedy.
The actor Michael Cera played pretty good roles in the film and was quiet funny.
I would expect a jump into more mainstream films, but it's yet to really happen, so for me every time a movie like this comes along with Michael Cera in, i'm immediately thinking here we go again.
This one involves a caravan and a french school a few hundred miles from said caravan.....Please stop treating me like an idiot.If you want a movie to waste a couple of hours, then its an OK watch, bearing in mind there is nothing to wow you, but if you want a good strong film, re-watch 'Juno', the acting is better and it feels more believable.And if you're reading 'Mr' Cera, please look at better scripts, you have the talent, you just need to step up!.
I like Michael Cera but I am thinking He is becoming the main reason that good movies like Youth in Revolt and Scott Pilgrim vs.
But this film provides an opportunity for him to play something of the exact opposite, that of an imaginary French romantic lover with that debonair flair, Francois Dillinger, made up to take over his subconscious because the girl of his dreams Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday) happens to like all things French, from the language to music.The film chronicles the desperation of Cera's Twisp in hell bent of not wanting to be a virgin any longer, but for his lack of an alpha-status, he finds this objective quite close to naught, until mom Estelle (Jean Smart) and her boyfriend of the moment Jerry (Zach Galifianakis) decide to hide out in a trailer park, and it is there that he got swept away by the girl who decided to pay him a little bit more attention than he ever got his whole life.
Cera excels in being, well, Cera, complete with his signature irrepressible adlibbing, and while some moments may have you wincing, others may cement his knack for great comedic timing.The casting's the other thing that made this film a fun one to sit through, with the supporting roles being quite random, and peppered with the likes of Steve Buscemi as Nick's dad, Fred Willard as the overly helpful neighbour, Ra Liotta as an opportunistic cop and Justin Long being the brother of Nick's loved one, who's a mushroom junkie, spreading the need for a high to folks around him.
Nick Twisp (Michael Cera) is a sex-obsessed teen who falls hopelessly in love with Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday) while on a family vacation.
The supporting cast are divine, I particularly loved Jean Smart as Nick's mother, she is very reminiscent if Kim Cattrall in this role, but she's always really good, Portia Doubleday is good in a breakout role but her character comes so close to being hatable, I kind of just wanted Nick/Francois to forget about Sheeni and go pursue an equally rebellious gal.Comedy fans rejoice, this movie is original, hilarious and extremely entertaining, fingers crossed for a sequel and fast.
And in supporting roles, we have solid works from the talented character actors Steve Buscemi, Zach Galifianakis, Ray Liotta, Fred Willard and Justin Long.In conclusion, I think Youth in Revolt deserves a slight recommendation, because despite not leaving me very satisfied, I have to admit that it did not bore me..
At one point in Youth in Revolt the character played by Michael Cera; Nick Twisp, realises that he must act in a despicable and unsociable manner for he and his dream woman to be together.
Now on the quasi-run from the police, Sheeni's parents, the cop Nick's Mum has shacked up with and the uber-Trent, Nick and his new Indian friend Vijay set off on a series of adventures, some saucy in a straight M rated way, others more of the quirky variety.The problem with Youth in Revolt is that it wants to be Francois, edgy, dangerous and a little unpredictable, but it ends up 100% Nick, nice, straightforward and mainstream, it's all a little underwhelming in the end.The film has several arty actors, including Cera, Steve Buscemi, Fred Willard, Justin Long, Ray Liotta (who is both arty and mainstream) and the currently everywhere Zach Galifianakis.
But when his mother (Jean Smart), her boyfriend (Zach Galifianakis), and Sheeni's on-again off-again boyfriend threaten his romantic plans, Nick must evoke the badass Francois on a more permanent basis.A wry and witty coming of age tale, Youth in Revolt is surprisingly entertaining: Cera shows he has some acting depth, while the music cues and comedic bits are innovative and inspired.And while teenage boys rarely create alter egos in order to bed females, there are probably tons of guys who do so after a positive pregnancy test.
"Youth in Revolt" is a fairly amusing comedy starring Michael Cera as Nick Twisp, a shy, socially inept teenager who falls in love with Sheeni, a girl he meets whilst on a camping trip.The film's narrative is a twist on your typical "nice guys finish last" tale, Twisp realising that he must literally reinvent himself as a rebellious "bad boy" in order to win Sheeni's love.
Amusing but rarely hilarious teen comedy about a geeky virgin, Nick Twisp (Michael Cera of YEAR ONE), who meets the love of his life Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday of LEGEND OF THE MUMMY), when his divorced fortysomething mom Estelle Twisp (Jean Smart of I HEART THE HUCKABEES) takes up with a hopeless liar Jerry (Zach Galifianakis of THE HANGOVER) and they leave their residence to stay in a trashy trailer.
I really wanted to like 'Youth in Revolt' since it began with a likable protagonist, Nick Twisp (in another typical Michael Cera 'insecure with woman' role) and his love interest, Sheeni Saunders (played by attractive newcomer, Portia Doubleday).
Michael Cera is Nick Twisp, a put-upon loser youth, who falls for Sheeni, who (she says) prefers bad boys.