Youth in Revolt

(2009)

★ 6.1 IMDb · 1,003 votes

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama

Year: 2009

Runtime: 89 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Мигель Артета

Cast: Майкл Сера, Портия Даблдэй, Джин Смарт, М. Эммет Уолш, Стив Бушеми, Адхир Кальян, Фред Уиллард, Рэй Лиотта, Зак Галифианакис, Эрик Кнудсен

Plot

As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to a trailer park. When a pretty neighbor named Sheeni plays records by French crooners, it's love at first sight for frustrated and inexperienced Nick. Learning that she is dating someone, Nick launches a hilarious quest to find his way into Sheeni's heart -- and bed.

At 16, Nick Twisp is wry about his teen funk: he lives in Oakland with his sex-addled mother; his father's child support is her meal ticket. While camping in Ukiah, Nick meets Sheeni: for him, it's love at first sight. Nick has to figure out how to get his father a job in Ukiah, then how to get sent to live with his father, then how to get close to Sheeni, whose religious parents may want her sent away from temptation to a boarding school. There's also Sheeni's all-American boyfriend to contend with. Overwhelmed by the challenges, Nick's about to give up when he conjures an alter ego who whispers revolt into his ear. Nick is not altogether hapless, but can this end well?