YOUTH AND REVOLT

SUMMARY: Michael Cera plays a lonely teenager named Nick Twisp. He has an interesting way of thinking, and funny taste in movies and music for his age. That intern keeps him a virgin. He lives with his mother who only wants attention, which leads her to picking D- guys as boyfriends. Nick basically has nothing to live for. Till him, his mom, and boyfriend go on a "vacation", he soon after meets the girl of his dreams and to win her over he must get some help. Help from inside himself, the dark side.

ACTING: Michael Cera plays two completely different characters in this movie. That is amazing in itself, if you say Cera cant act, i'll call you a liar to your FACE. Not only that but this movie was a comedy even though no "jokes" were said. The dry humor was like a desert, but the audience were laughing till tears flowed. Also, new comer Portia Doubleday played a great confusing, yet intriguing girl named Sheeni.

SCRIPT: This movie is based off a book, which after hearing the dialogue I REALLY want to read. There is always a subtle town of sarcasm or a joke at someone's expense. Everyone's lines just flowed together so well, I love when its all natural speech.

CINEMATOGRAPHY: The camera placement for each scene was rather good. Most impressive was the use of slow motion for the life changing moments and having epic music playing in the background. Great use of green screen as well.

RE-WATCHABILITY: I actually want this movie on DVD. It gives an interesting perspective on first love, and an out of this world adventure of what you would do to keep it. If you liked Super Bad and have an odd sense of humor then you'd probably want to watch this... repeatedly.

PLOT: The idea of creating an alter ego, and showing what the ego would look like from the creators perspective was very new. Being able to see the "other Nick" made the movie so much better. Especially with them both being on the screen at the same time. I have no idea how parallel the movie is with the book, but either way it was great!

RATING: ☃☃☃☃