Maybe it's because Nick Twisp reminds me a little of myself... Michael Cera plays another awkward role (which he always does well) as a teenager who struggles without seeing his true love. Youth In Revolt is smart, sophisticated and charming reminding me of similar movies such as Adventureland and Easy A. It's not a laugh out loud comedy but it does deliver a warming,relatable character in the split personality of Nick Twisp. Even when he's causing trouble, you feel like rooting for Cera. When he's not,you almost feel the frustration his character is going through. I Recommend this movie to anyone who wants a good comedy to watch.

I suppose this film would be the most fun for those of around the same age as the protagonists, but the motifs of searching for true love, finding a way to change a stuck life and other details such as sex, drugs and violence can be appealing at any adult age. The mentioning of director Ozu^ (among other cultural specifics, such as 'À bout de soufflé, 1960) had me curios as to how un-Hollywoodian this film might be. And I guess it became pretty un-Hollywoodian, all things considered.Hollywood would probably frown upon the avid use of swear words, drug (ab)use, violence and the constant insinuations against Christianity and Goody Two Shoe-ism. But, more likely, this sort of film represents a new wave (though it's been going on for quite a while, with the likes of Seth Rogen and such) within Hollywood, to stay assured of reaching all possible audiences. Or maybe 'Hollywood' is a complicated term to define nowadays and in any case. So then, is there any higher ground here for modern day clever, but insecure youth of today? Well, what do I know? I just thought it was a fun film with a lot of maladjusted behaviour. Nicely acted (although Michael Cera seems to have only one facial expression: blank), nicely filmed, nicely told. But watch at your own or your parents' discretion, kids!7 out of 10.^ I have never yet seen an Ozu film, I must shamefully admit.

Dear viewers: the makers of Youth in Revolt would like you to know that they really want you to like their movie. They're willing to do whatever it takes. They'll give you juvenile sex jokes, partial nudity (but nothing too raunchy that might offend somebody and lose a vote), explosions, they'll give you names of philosophers, hints of sophisticated subtext, references to classic literature and quirky animation sequences, they'll hire top character actors and give them absolutely nothing interesting to do.Youth in Revolt tries so hard to appeal to everybody that it loses itself along the way. It vies to be the darling of indie-loving hipsters and hormone-addled adolescents at the same time, or in other words it tries to appeal to the Juno crowd and the American Pie crowd, but it doesn't manage to feel as quirkily likable as Juno or even the lesser 500 Days of Summer; it's also far too dark to fit in that category. For a run-of-the-mill teen sex comedy, on the other hand, the dialog, very clearly meant to tell the viewer that it's an intelligent movie for intelligent people, but clearly written with a thesaurus close at hand, feels clumsy and out of place. It doesn't help that most of the actors, Portia Doubleday most of all, clearly have no idea what the names and words they're saying actually mean. The film, in fact, stands out as one of the worst cases of bad line delivery I've seen in a while, which is jarring in a movie that evidently has a decent budget and high production values.The acting is a real waste too. Michael Cera has been playing the same character for nearly a decade now, and he generally gets away with it, mainly because he's adorably awkward enough to make the characters likable. 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. Cera doesn't take a lesson from Peter Sellers, Kevin Kline, Christian Bale, hell, even Jerry Lewis - all of whom played multiple characters in one movie and made it work. Nick is Michael Cera playing himself, Francois is Michael Cera playing himself pretending to be someone else, poorly. And while Nick is hypocritical and annoying, Portia Doubleday's character is spoiled, manipulative and deserves everything that happens to her. It's really a bad sign when you're watching a romantic comedy and rooting for the protagonists to not end up together.On top of which you have a bunch of excellent character actors and indie darlings who go to complete waste. Zach Galifianakis isn't funny, Steve Buscemi is bland and dry, Ray Liotta does nothing and M. Emmet Walsh clearly has no idea what he's doing there. 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.

OK, lets get the biggest bugbear over and done with....I do like you Mr Cera, but the important point for me is the amount of films you have now done, means you are Mr and not Master. Yes, you have boyish looks and a weedy body, but how long are you really going to play a 15 year old?!? 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. It's always a slightly different plot, but same old story - weedy boy likes girl, girl likes athletic tall guy, weedy guy thinks of a great idea to overcome said athletic tall guy, athletic tall guy takes revenge, he doesn't win...YAWN! 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!