Youth in RevoltThis movie is a total disaster. It has no idea what it is trying to be. One minute it is trying to be
American Pie and the next
Observe and Report. I can safely say it has the worst writing I have seen on film in years. Not a single character is believable and not a single line of dialogue has ever, could ever, or will ever be uttered in the real world. I mean, we all know 16 year olds who continually quote Camus, right? Right? Awful! Every action in the film exists solely because the writer thought it was cool. Not one scene feels even slightly real.
P.S. Note to the art directors, don't dress everyone in 1960's clothing and have them drive 1960's cars and in every way make the film look like it was set in the 1960's then have them talk about modern music and cell phones.
P.P.S. Note to Micheal Cera, please stop acting right now. You are the most one-note actor to ever grace the screen and that note was not all that interesting the first time, let alone the 15th. I wish I were good at video editing because I honestly think I could splice scenes of his acting from this movie into any of his other random movies and it would be undetectable.
Grade:
FAnd we have an early front runner for worst of 2010!