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35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonSt. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonBursting with smart dialogue, surprising situations and humor that springs from richly imagined characters.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOne 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.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe collision of adolescent hormones and parental folly, hardly new cinematic territory, gets a bracing absurdist slant in Youth in Revolt.
- 70VarietyVarietyCera and his gifted comic co-stars elevate the mediocre source material into a semi-iconic coming-of-age story.
- 70Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzIt does give Cera a chance to play at being a bad boy. But it's just that - playing at it.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliFrom the beginning, it's apparent that there's something "off" about Youth in Revolt. It's not that the film is fatally flawed, but the tone is uneven, the satire is blunt, the comedy rarely generates more than feeble laughs, and the lead character never comes fully to life.
- 60Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichIt’s a kick to see Cera cut loose from his patented befuddled-nerd routine, even if the film’s caricatured performances and fish-in-a-barrel scorn are sure to be monotonous for some.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumTiming is everything. And Youth in Revolt is late -- arriving not just at the tail end of the star's sell-by date for this particular kind of character, but more importantly at the tail end of the intended audience's attention span for an inconsequential Sundance-y tale of sexual coming-of-age.
- 50The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneCera can be winning enough, with his flat-toned goofiness, in films like "Superbad," but there's only just enough of the guy to fill out one dramatis persona; two at once prove to be beyond him. [11 Jan. 2010, p.83]
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceWinded and weary from its long journey to a bigger screen, the three-books-in-one has been squeezed into a 90-minute Cliff's Notes version starring Michael Cera as Every Role Michael Cera's Ever Had.