“Youth in Revolt” the upcoming Dimension Films comedian starring Michael Cera sounds, superficially like a young-adult novel. So why did it get an R-Rating? Actually that matches. One of our contribs who read said, “Not surprised. It should be rated R if it’s closely based on the book at all. The novel was fucked UP. Massive amounts of overtly sexual situations.”
The official synopsis is made to sound much tamer: “the outrageous and heartwarming tale of Nick Twisp (Michael Cera) and his quest to win the heart of Sheeni (newcomer Portia Doubleday) and hopefully lose his virginity along the way.”
Wait, does that mean we finally get to see Michael Cera’s penis, err, we mean, him doing some real acting?
There’s been lots of talk, speculation, hell, pure conjecture that this adult comedy (about teens), which is under the currently financially troubled Weinstein Company umbrella, will not hit its intended October 30 release date. Or rather, the TWC won’t have the promotion and advertising money to release it by then and will therefore have to push back the release once again (back in the day it was scheduled for February 2009).
The poster at Cinematical, doesn’t make things much clearer. You’d think if the date was nailed in, it wouldn’t say, “coming soon,” but then again, that’s sort of standard issue for posters released, what, this one being four months before intended release? Not exactly sure. The poster also points one to youthinrevolt-themovie.com, which simply redirects you back to the TWC site that says the same generic stuff with a October 30. And that TWC site is pretty notoriously bad about making updates (i.e. it still has “Shanghai” as a September 4 release when many believable reports claim it’s being pushed; then again, nothing’s confirmed).
We have the book sitting on our shelf, but have yet to read it. The film’s cast is pretty awesome and includes Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta, Justin Long, Jean Smart, Ari Graynor, Fred Willard, Zach Galifianakis, Mary Kay Place and more. The film marks the return of director Miguel Arteta who hasn’t made a film since 2002’s “The Good Girl.” During this time he’s been busying himself directing episodes of “Six Feet Under,” “The Office” and “Ugly Betty.” 2000’s “Chuck & Buck,” is creepy and hilarious, plus very underrated, so we’re looking fwd to this one.
October 30? Let’s hope so.