The alter-ego... Why can’t everyone just be themselves?
In the new teen movie YOUTH IN REVOLT, Micheal Cera , plays the role of Nick Twisp – a dorky, sex-obsessed teen who, while on holiday at a trailer park, falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful, free-spirited Sheeni Saunders (played by Portia Doubleday). It’s a hilarious, uproarious comedy that tracks Nick’s desperate attempts to win Sheeni’s heart by whatever mean possible.
Upon realising that Sheeni isn’t interested in his geeky personality, Nick develops the rebellious alter-ego Francois Dillinger, a French-speaking, moustache sporting, cigarette smoker, who, complete with his bad boy attitude, will stop at nothing to be with Sheeni. What follows leads Nick on a path of destruction that sees