'Youth in Revolt' Nabs a Trailer
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The first trailer for Youth in Revolt has arrived online via our peeps over at Moviefone, and it definitely looks to feature a sort of mish-mosh of scenes that fans of the book its based on will no doubt love. Based on the epic novel of the same name (seriously -- if you love teen angst, I cannot recommend a better book), Youth in Revolt follows the exploits of teenager Nick Twisp (played here by Michael Cera), who, upon meeting a girl named Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday), sets out on one highly destructive and embarrassing adventure all in the name of landing the girl of his dreams.There's a lot packed into this trailer, and those not familiar with the book may not "get" the strange Fight Club-esque vibe going on here, but two things stood out for me: 1) This is easily Michael Cera's most demanding role because Nick Twisp (and his various amounts of shtick) is a good ten steps out of Cera's comfort zone -- so it's nice to see him taking that leap, and 2) Portia Doubleday looks absolutely perfect as Sheeni Saunders, though I'm dying to hear more dialogue from her. Bonus: The cast is pretty brilliant in terms of hilarious character actors (Zach Galifianakis, Steve Buscemi, Justin Long, Fred Willard and Ray Liotta), so we're bound to stumble upon a great scene or three.
All in all I'm skeptical, but definitely excited to watch the final product. As a huge fan of the book, I -- along with a lot of you -- have been waiting for this adaptation to take shape for quite some time, and so it'll be interesting to watch the ways in which they went about adapting this angsty behemoth for the big screen. Youth in Revolt hits theaters on October 30.
Watch the trailer after the jump.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-21-2009 @ 5:20PM
Lee said...
Yes yes yes!
I looked down and saw that I had just done an actual fist pump when I saw the trailer fire scene. As I read the book (on your unwavering recommendation), I tried to imagine goody Michael Cera pulling off some of the debauchery therein. I'm still not totally convinced, but I'm sold on giving this a shot. The cast looks great, the pacing looks appropriately jaunty… I'm in! And stoked!
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8-22-2009 @ 1:36AM
V.M.L. said...
Cera's alterego cracked me up. X)
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8-22-2009 @ 11:24AM
YouFaceTheTick said...
Bad book. Only possible result - an unwatchable movie.
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8-22-2009 @ 7:01PM
YouFaceTheTick said...
Um, this trailer leaves out the entire last half of the book with Twisp running around as an Italian exchange student named Carlotta. Did they remove the last half of the book - like a they did with A Widow for a Year (A Door in the Floor)?
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8-23-2009 @ 11:16AM
Hutch said...
Someone needs to tell Cera that if he doesn't drop the I'm ironic and sarcastic shtick soon than he won't get a single job in a couple years when he no longer has that fresh out of high school appeal. It's already super annoying and very much played out. It worked the first couple of times but enough already.
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8-24-2009 @ 3:39PM
Jonathan Kuhn said...
They see me rollin', they hatin'.
8-24-2009 @ 4:25PM
Jay said...
You getting a lotta work there Hutch?
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8-24-2009 @ 6:40PM
brett said...
Hahaa, Cera is hilarious. Gotta love that badass 'stache.
Glad they are making a movie version of Youth In Revolt, it will save me the hassle of reading the book, which has been on my list of things to do for quite some time.
Also love the fact that they finished the trailer with the song “Timebomb” by Old 97’s – great tune, hope to see it used more in the actual movie itself.
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