Youth In Revolt

Classic case of Michael Cera being Michael Cera, right?  Yes and no.  Just putting this out there, if you expect Zach Galifianakis or Justin Long in a lot of the movie, you won't find it.  It's Cera as Nick and Portia Doubleday as Sheeni.

Cera plays the usual awkward self.  This time, in adaption of the book Youth In Revolt by C.D. Payne, he seems to mature a bit.  Nick is a somewhat cultured, nerdy kid from California who has no luck with the girls until he meets Sheeni while away at 'vacation.'  Somehow, they connect, and he falls quickly in love and would do anything for her.  After going back home, they concoct a way to get his dad to move close to her and for him to get kicked out of his mom's house to live with his dad and ultimately see her.  To do this, he creates a "bad ass" persona (himself with an attitude, mustache, and who smokes) named Francois.  In what seems like a Fight Club spoof the two personalities interact and get Cera into a bunch of wild, but memorable situations in his attempt to be with Sheeni.

The movie was very well written and pretty nicely directed.  Both which were surprising to me, but I never read the book.  Cera does a wonderful job.  I wouldn't call it a riot, but this movie made me laugh quite a bit, and will surprise some of the older moviegoers as they will enjoy it, too.

Light-hearded, clever, funny.  Give it a shot.

I rate this movie a 7.7 out of 10.