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Youth in Revolt Reviews

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• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  One of the secrets of Youth in Revolt is that Nick seems bewildered by his own desires and strategies. He knows how he feels, he knows what he wants, but he'd need a map to get from A to B. It's his self-abasing modesty that makes the movie work. Here, you feel, is a movie character who would find more peace on the radio.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  Sweet and slight and often charming coming-of-age tale.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Variety

  Cera and his gifted comic co-stars elevate the mediocre source material into a semi-iconic coming-of-age story.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden

  The collision of adolescent hormones and parental folly, hardly new cinematic territory, gets a bracing absurdist slant in Youth in Revolt.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  Youth in Revolt is basically an absurdist ramble, but a terrifically likable ramble.

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• 63

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Youth's screenplay, by Gustin Nash, is generally witty.

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• 58

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  Timing is everything. And Youth in Revolt is late -- arriving not just at the tail end of the star's sell-by date for this particular kind of character, but more importantly at the tail end of the intended audience's attention span for an inconsequential Sundance-y tale of sexual coming-of-age.

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