We are as excited (if not more) than anyone about “Youth In Revolt” and “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World,” moderately interested in “Year One,” entirely skeptical about the love story movie “Paper Heart” and watching every movement on the “Arrested Development” movie.
However, that adds up to one hell of a lot of Michael Cera in 2009- even if “Arrested Development” is more of a 2010 thing, that’s leading roles on 4 movies, 3 of which are major studio productions, this year! Although he’s easily our shy boy crush of the decade, thanks to his 2007 double turns in “Superbad” and “Juno” he left us on a bum note in 2008 with “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.” It took precisely one film for movie critics of the world to start penning articles in which they ripped Cera a new one for choosing the same character repeatedly and acting in a samey-samey way – they samey way he’d already acted on “Arrested Development” for 3 seasons.
So is 2009 the year the real Cera backlash will begin? Or will the nice guy who fumbles through movies keep your heart in hand?