Hunter Duesing
23Jun11
I laughed out loud..."Solidarity!"
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Julio Mestanza
22Jun11
I have a weakness for coming of age comedy films, so I tend to be a little biased towards them. Loved Michael Cera's performance, and absolutely fell in love with Portia Doubleday's Sheeni. It's one of those films that you should watch not so much expecting to laugh out loud but rather to have a tender chuckle.
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Julio Mestanza
23Jun11
Yeah, that was pretty funny. And the "I wanna tickle your belly button... from the inside" bit as well.
tripl3
6Feb11
This is one of those movies you either love or hate. I personally love the kind of comedy this film rests on. Some would say it's pretentious, and that's the part I like the most. And a great acting, both in leads (Michael Cera playing both good and bad himself, which shed a new light on his acting abilities for me) and in supporting roles (two words - Steve Buscemi). Underrated, probably due to the love/hate thing.
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csayers77
28Jan11
I'd heard mostly negative reviews with regards to YOUTH IN REVOLT. I think it has to do with the way in which it was marketed while it was released in movie theatres. I watched with an open mind, not sure of what to expect. Overall, I was surprised and I enjoyed it. It was an entertaining story, full of unexpected "twists" and turns. Nick (Michael Cera) and his alter-ego "Francois" had good back-and-forth banter.
mjgildea
26Jan11
I still can't gell if I liked Youth in Revolt because it was much better than I expected or because it wasn't as bad as I expected. If that makes any sense. Francois Dillinger made the movie but the great supporting cast was either wasted or misused. The story was uneven and if it wasn't so short, the pacing would be absolute murder. Michael Cera isn't so bad here and despite my grumblings it was entertaining.
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Caleb Strul
18Jan11
This one surprised me. Well stylized. And yeah, you probably have to be into a very specific kind of film to enjoy this... but I'm in that minority that likes metropolitan and kicking and screaming. Though this goes leaps and bounds beyond those films. Just entertaining.
Sean Macgregor
7Jan11
while the Sheeni character started to annoy with her whole obsession over anything french, the rest of the film was quite delightful. witty, good music and a couple perfectly shot scenes.
Tyler Aikens
15Aug10
Nick Twisp's alter-ego could have saved this film if he was given more screen time, as every Francois line had me rolling. Unfortunately, 95% of this pretentious piece of hipster garbage is Cera doing his "mildly attractive nerd who can't get laid" bit.
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Alan Funkle
2Aug10
one of those comedy movies that shows too much funny stuff in the trailer, i might have 3 starred it had they not overplayed the trailers.
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Steve
21Jun10
Really well-made, entertaining and funny movie. Yes it does have it's moments...a lot of them. I really enjoyed it and Michael Cera is awesome
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WeirdHair
13Jun10
An enjoyable fare. Has some memorable moments and characters. Shows that Cera might be an actor rather than a character. Surprises by being different from expectations. Good pacing, covers a lot of story in 90 mins. runtime. Definitely not run-of-the-mill plot. It was intriguing to see a rather meek individual in typical life-in-a-rut situation to do reckless things with a twisted alter-ego to boot. Another pro is that its actually funny and unexpectedly dark and serious than most comedies put there by not making light of or toning down the seriousness of the protagonist's actions. I'm talking to you, Jennifer's Body.
Henrique Amud
13Jun10
Another missed oportunity to do something really funny...though it has it's moments.