Good story, Not enough for a whole film

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Sometimes we have imaginary friends. But I guess most of them are not like Francois. How people act in desperate situations? They run away or find help. And what if no one can help you? Well, in that case you can do what Nick did - create your helper. Of course, it would be great if he weren't so destructive. Yes, destruction is fun at movies, but how much can be tolerated in reality. I mean, it's always fun to watch a movie with such a bad-ass as Francois, but would you actually like him if he was your classmate? How much revolution is enough to show to everybody that you are not a part of the system, that you are unique?These questions might be hard to answer, as it depends on each individual and community that individual lives and evolves in. Revolution for some already might be skipping class. Showing that you are unique and that only you can control yourself for some might be getting a tattoo. But what if you want to show that you are unique but you are put into a square border? Greeks have a saying that if you want to be brave, you have to act brave. So if you want to be unique you actually have to act unique? Well, we already are very different from one another, we already are unique. I don't think there is one specific reason why people revolt (if there is, feel free to correct me). But I believe that it is always possible to make your point with less destructive means. And one more thing - Michael Cera was brilliant in completing two completely different personalities in one movie.

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. This is not really the type of comedy that will have you laughing from start to end of the movie, but it uses comedy well and at the right moments. And yes, this is a late-teen comedy, but there is so much more to the movie than just teenagers getting drunk and trying to get laid. There are many levels to this movie, so there is something for just about everyone.What is more impressive is the people on the cast list. As always, then Michael Cera did a spot on job with his role in the movie. But the entire movie was just filled with great actors and actresses and great names: Steve Buscemi, Jean Smart, Zach Galifianakis, Fred Willard, Ray Liotta, Justin Long, M. Emmet Walsh, and more."Youth in Revolt" is a great and refreshing movie if you haven't already seen it. I found it by sheer luck in a second hand store and bought it as part of a bundle deal. I was impressed with the movie, and was thoroughly enjoying it and entertained by it.

Like some previous reviewers have noted, if you don't enjoy Michael Cera, stay away from this one. I would also recommend that if you don't like some of John Hughes earlier films, you might also not enjoy this movie. I like both but Cera more than Hughes. However, I don't know how long that will be true. I first saw Michael in Arrested Development and I don't know if I have seen him play anything except for George Michael since. That is fine for awhile but I get the sense that I might grow tired of it eventually. This movie was enjoyable for its absurdest sensibilities and for some decent casting. Nothing really blew me away but I genuinely believed that everyone in it was who they were playing. I didn't appreciate the end message which seemed both disingenuous and heavy handed. Still, its nice to see a movie about unabashed love and teen awkwardness portrayed w/o a high degree of shock value. Maybe I am a little old fashioned but I can still appreciate a good (mostly) clean coming of age film.

I was in two minds about watching this one but I had heard a couple of good things about it so I took the plunge. There were some good things about it but there was also a lot that I found very average. More of my thoughts later, here's a brief summary first (summary haters please invent an alter-ego for yourselves while I write the next paragraph).Nick Twisp lives with his mother, Estelle, and her current boyfriend, Jerry. For reasons I won't go into now, they find themselves having to go and stay in a trailer park for a few weeks. Nick is into things like Sinatra LP's and Fellini films, you know, he's not your mainstream kind of guy. Of course this makes it very hard for him to meet girls, and being a teenager; of course he likes girls… a lot! Anyway, whilst there he meets Sheeni Saunders who has a lot of the same interests as he does. They begin to get to know each other but eventually Nick has to leave. Determined to see her again, he invents an alter-ego for himself, a suave sophisticated character called Francois Dillinger. He can say and do all the things that Nick can't and this allows him to, not only, get his father, George, to move nearer to Sheeni, but also get his mother, and new boyfriend Lance Wescott, to send him to live with his father. This is only the start of the trouble for Nick, you see, he had to commit a crime in order to live with his father and now the cops are after him! From here on it gets a little complicated, so I won't say any more.First of all, what I liked; I liked the use of slow motion at the beginning of the film and the little animated segments. These were good. Also good were the scenes that included the 'Francois Dillinger' character, that was also good… And that about wraps up the good parts. Unfortunately Michael Cera can only play Michael Cera so many times before you ask yourself, is there anything else he can do? Well, he can play Francois Dillinger who I found much more interesting than Michael Cera, sorry, Nick Twisp. 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. I guess the rest of it I found a little predictable and, for a comedy, not very funny. There was only one 'laugh out loud' moment for me in the entire film. So, over all, no great comedy, but bearable enough with the scenes featuring 'Francois Dillinger' being a highlight. Worth seeing for that alone, but don't put too a high priority on it.My score: 6.4/10