Youth in Revolt is the American feature film adaptation of C.D. Payne's epistolary novel of the same name. The film premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival on September 15, 2009. A wide release is set for January 8, 2010. The film is rated R for sexual content, language, and drug use.

Plot

Nick Twisp (Michael Cera) is a cynical sex-obsessed 16-year-old who, while on vacation in a trailer park, meets Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday), an intellectual. The only things really standing in his way are Sheeni's poetry-writing ex-boyfriend Trent (Jonathan B. Wright), Nick's temperamental divorced parents (Steve Buscemi and Jean Smart), and Nick's mom's boyfriends (Zach Galifianakis and Ray Liotta). When Nick realizes she is not interested, he comes up with an alter-ego, named Francois, who resembles Nick, but has blue eyes, a mustache, a deeper voice, and a player/bad boy attitude to help him with his pursuit of Sheeni. But when Francois ends up making Nick a wanted criminal, everything spins out of control.

Cast

• Michael Cera as Nick Twisp, a cynical sex-obsessed 16-year-old.
• Steve Buscemi as George Twisp, Nick's angry dad.
• Portia Doubleday as Sheeni Saunders, Nick's hyper-intelligent crush.
• Jean Smart as Estelle Twisp, Nick's neurotic mom.
• Ray Liotta as Lance Wescott, a fascistic Oakland cop who Estelle shanghais into bed.
• M. Emmet Walsh as Sheeni's lawyer father.
• Erik Knudsen as Leroy "Lefty", Nick's best friend; his nickname refers to his crooked penis.
• Jonathan B. Wright as Trent Preston, Sheeni's poet boyfriend whom Nick despises.
• Justin Long as Paul Saunders, Sheeni's drugged-out older brother; he reads Nick's life like a book.
• Ari Graynor as Lacey, George Twisp's 19-year-old live-in girlfriend.
• Zach Galifianakis as Jerry, Estelle's arrogant trucker boyfriend.
• Rooney Mara as Taggarty, the target of Nick's plot to get Sheeni back.
• Jade Fusco as Bernice Lynch, the girl Nick uses to get Sheeni back.
• Adhir Kalyan as Vijay Joshi, an Indian Republican whom Nick befriends.
• Mary Kay Place as Sheeni's religious mother.
• Fred Willard as Judd Ferguson, Nick's union leader neighbor.

Production

The film was in production as of February 6, 2009 when re-shoots were being filmed in Shreveport, LA. Newcomer Portia Doubleday has been cast as Nick's love interest Sheeni; Steve Buscemi as George, Nick's greedy and temperamental father; Jean Smart as Estelle, Nick's erratic mother; and Ray Liotta as Estelle's fascist boyfriend Oakland PD Officer Lance Wescott.

Justin Long, Fred Willard, Erik Knudsen, Zach Galifianakis, and Mary Kay Place joined the cast in the roles of Sheeni's brother Paul, landlord Mr. Ferguson, Nick's well-endowed best friend Lefty, and Estelle's first boyfriend, trucker Jerry, respectively.

Many portions of the film were filmed in Michigan, including Ann Arbor, Detroit, Ferndale, Frankfort, Hazel Park, Interlochen State Park, Lake Leelanau, Madison Heights, South Lyon, Rochester, Royal Oak, Traverse City, and Wixom.

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