Youth in Revolt

USA 2009, 90 minutes
Dir. Miguel Arteta
Rating: [R16]
Genres: Comedy / Youth

Feat. Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Zach Galifianakis, Jean Smart, Steve Buscemi, Fred Willard, Ray Liotta, Ari Graynor, Justin Long, M. Emmet Walsh, Mary Kay Place

Aroview: Perfectly typecast, Michael Cera plays an adorable, sexually-frustrated "nice guy" who invents a trouble-making alter ego - Francois Dillinger - in order to win over the girl of his dreams.

Given its risk-taking premise (and title) this plays it relatively safe as a hipster-nerd rom-com, with its sweet central romance, sex-and-scat humour and familiar roster of oddball characters, but like the recent 500 DAYS OF SUMMER, has the credentials to prove a Gen-Y audience favourite. Cera fans will enjoy him twice as much is dual roles, and newcomer Portia Doubleday's star will surely rise from here. Based on the cult teen novel by C.D. Payne.