I saw a screening of the new Michael Cera movie, Youth in Revolt, Tuesday night and dudes, it was FUCKing hilarious. If you haven’t read the book, the plot is about a kid named Nicholas Twisp who, like every 16-year-old boy, is desperate to lose his virginity. He falls in love with a girl who is seemingly out of his league and develops an alter ego named “Francois” to help him put it in her.
Based on the trailers, I was worried that Cera was going to either be typecast as another awkward, precious underdog or that he’d flop trying to portray a more dangerous character because we expect him to be George Michael forever. Even though he played yet another virgin, his virginity wasn’t as pathetic as it was in Superbad. This time we want him to lose it because he’s cool, not because he’s adorably deserving. He could now viably graduate from cutesy hipster icon (not his fault) into John Cusack-y romantic lead.
Remember in Fight Club how Edward Norton was an unattractive pussy with no purpose until he lost his mind and became hot, bad-ass, womanizing Brad Pitt? Similarly, Michael Cera morphs into a sexy alter-ego in this film. I know, I can’t believe I’m using the term “sexy” to describe him, but when you see him in his nonchalant, 1960’s Fellini-esque artist-on-the-French-Riviera yachting outfit, you will agree. Francois Dillinger is the new Tyler Durden.
You need to see it this weekend, especially if you are trying to eff someone new because it is the perfect date movie. Like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, it’s the kind of Rom Com that doesn’t make you feel sexist toward women. I wanted to go home and make out with my boyfriend the minute the house lights came on. Then I remembered I don’t have one, so I went home and baked myself a wedding cake and used my tears to make the batter taste lonelier. Anyhow, DATE MOVIE.
-AVIVA YAEL
EverythingIsAnnoying.com
P.S. “THE TORQUED PINKY” and “GOD’S PERFECT ASSHOLE” will make sense to you soon.
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I’m getting the distinct feeling Aviva doesn’t even know this was a book first.
01.08.10 at 11:26 am
Yeah, they’ll make sense to you soon if you’re not one of the 99% of kids who read this book when they were 14.
01.08.10 at 11:34 am
What the fuck is up w/ Michael Cera week? Make it stop
01.08.10 at 11:38 am
includingyou.com
01.08.10 at 11:48 am
this seems like a joke post
01.08.10 at 11:49 am
“so I went home and baked myself a wedding cake and used my tears to make the batter taste lonelier”
AHAHAHAHAHA
Similar to the art of CHETCHNG. Masturbating while crying onto your own penis so that the tears act as lubricant.
01.08.10 at 12:06 pm
I GOT PAID TO WRITE THIS ARTICLE
01.08.10 at 12:08 pm
This feels like shitty gorilla marketing.
01.08.10 at 12:24 pm
nicking the Tyler Durden branding right down to the aviators and cigarette
01.08.10 at 1:40 pm
We call this editorial advertising. niggas gotta eat.
01.08.10 at 2:24 pm
You have a glistening boner for Cera thats cool. I have one for Molly Ringwald, thats my only Vice. Though my boner can go in you mouth Aviva, you’ll find its kind.
01.08.10 at 2:27 pm
How hard is it to type out “romantic comedy”? Please learn to type to we don’t have to read stopid abbreviations like “rom com”.
01.08.10 at 2:33 pm
wasn’t his marriage to portia de rossi annulled?
01.08.10 at 2:53 pm
@JB
I’m getting the distinct feeling you didn’t even read the second sentence.
01.08.10 at 2:58 pm
@ Slugger
What does “gorilla marketing” entail? (It’s guerilla marketing, fuckhead)
01.08.10 at 3:02 pm
Thanks, Slugger.
01.08.10 at 3:14 pm
Michael Cera is a God on this site. I know every time that I see him on here I am thinking, “God, Michael Cera again”.
01.08.10 at 3:30 pm
gorilla marketing is like bumvertising, but with big shitty monkeys…
01.08.10 at 3:32 pm
micheal Cera creeps me out. he feels like te kind of person that like, rapes cats.
01.08.10 at 3:43 pm
Funny, that reference to the book wasn’t there when I read this earlier.
01.08.10 at 4:00 pm
Yes. It was. WHO DOESN’T KNOW IT WAS A FUCKING BOOK? Jesus christ.
01.08.10 at 4:04 pm
Just got home from this movie. After the first ten minutes I was all, “Great. It’s fucking Juno Two,” with all the totally wrong intellectual dialogue. Makes me want to puke. A couple of laughs throughout the flick but it mainly sucked. Stay away.
01.08.10 at 4:22 pm
http://www.entertainmentwallpaper.com/images/desktops/movie/what_happens_in_vegas_03.jpg
01.08.10 at 5:49 pm
another odd coincidence – Michael Cera gets 5 posts about him on this site the week leading up to the release of the film, and then a positive film review (on a site thats never reviewed films before, other than maybe la moustache) pops up! weird, huh!
01.08.10 at 7:03 pm
@omg sooo randum
It’s not just weird, it’s sinister gorilla marketing tactics! Thanks for alerting us all to this corporate evil.
01.08.10 at 7:15 pm
sorry “guerilla”. It feels like shitty guerilla marketing.
@Europe (The Band) And go fuck yourself, you fucking muppet.
01.08.10 at 10:03 pm
You got paid for this, didn’t you, Aviva? Didn’t you, Street Boner?
01.08.10 at 10:21 pm
Feels queer leaving a comment here, but just so everyone gets their BVDs out of their cracks, no one paid me to write that. I just felt like it because I liked the movie… AND THE BOOK. But even if SC was paid thousands to do editorial on a movie everyone will go see anyway, WHO CARES SO WHAT (Armisen on Behar voice)
01.08.10 at 10:49 pm
Dear Aviva,
I just looked at your blog. You are not a writer. You are a dumb bitch.
01.09.10 at 12:32 am
Great. Let me call up my imaginary boyfriend to see this movie.
01.09.10 at 12:53 am
You’re gonna get it bitch
01.09.10 at 2:51 am
I have not seen this movie but i hate it because i hate michael cera. He is just some shit head who had a good spot on a GREAT show and since then has been the indie marketing lap dog. Go see the latest OOOO GEEE GOSH cera flick with oodles of marginally relative pop culture references peppered in between situations that would be awkward if you are a brain dead piece of shit youth with no real problems to deal with…..and then swing by this site. Time to hit urban outfitters and buy a new gorilla suit. GREG!
01.09.10 at 5:37 am
Dear Aviva,
I thought this article was interesting and funny.
I also thought it was well written etc.
Please remember that the commenters on here are mostly one or two people who tried (and failed) a while ago to be friends with ‘gavin’ and get ‘jobs’ / ‘writing gigs’ on this site, ala vegan jules, vanessa etc, they are all shit-jealous of Arv and hate his guts and anything he posts – but continue to come back here day after day writing shitty little comments because they feel bitter and alienated because they dont get any sex and beat off waaaaaay too much.
this review was good and funny and you sound like you’re not a dick so fuck everyone else, bien sure.
Bj.
01.09.10 at 6:26 am
How much is Cera paying you guys to never shut up about him? High three figures?
01.09.10 at 2:23 pm
Thanks to all of you for keeping on top of this Cera business. “Gavin” and streetcarnage must not be allowed to get away with it.
01.09.10 at 4:11 pm
aviva is not a dumb bitch. well, she’s not dumb, thats for sure and I can assure you, if she has a bitchy side (I wouldnt know) I would want to stay off of it. and ps. commenters are fags, myself included. except I’m not gay. you are.
01.10.10 at 6:30 pm
I was born on the exact same day as Michael Cera, this gives me a soft spot for his movies. Kinda gay, but fuck it.
01.11.10 at 3:40 am