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100
Bursting with smart dialogue, surprising situations and humor that springs from richly imagined characters.
88
An improbable but hilarious combine of losin’-it comedies and the rarefied, Europhile air of the Cinema du Twee.
80
It’s chaotic and episodic, but this is Cera’s star turn. "Superbad" meets "Fight Club?" That’ll do it.
75
One of the secrets of Youth in Revolt is that Nick seems bewildered by his own desires and strategies. He knows how he feels, he knows what he wants, but he'd need a map to get from A to B. It's his self-abasing modesty that makes the movie work. Here, you feel, is a movie character who would find more peace on the radio.
75
The slight but enjoyable Youth in Revolt finds plenty of mayhem to take advantage of Cera's against-type performance. Oh, the things we do for love.
75
Some tacky animated sequences notwithstanding, Youth in Revolt is smart, cool and frequently hysterical.
75
A clever and often riotous burst of cynicism that pushes some pretty questionable ideas.
75
It’s not earth-shaking, but it’s diverting and polished.
75
Cera exudes a geeky charm and tender vulnerability that's hard to resist -- probably because he's far easier to relate to for most of us than we'd like to admit.
70
The collision of adolescent hormones and parental folly, hardly new cinematic territory, gets a bracing absurdist slant in Youth in Revolt.
