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With elements of melodrama, the essence of ‘Youth In Revolt’ is a rather simple story of young male meeting young female and spending the remaining of the eighty-nine minutes attempting to persuade the young female that love has been discovered.
Much like the theme that opens ‘Youth In Revolt’, the film’s driving point is that it ain’t what you do, but the way that you do it that gets results. Whereby mainly for this reason alone, the film’s premise does stand out for it’s independent American film approach.
Admire the style
Yet, suggesting comparisons to ‘Fight Club’ are a little over zealous and completely misleading. There are perhaps many films and movies from America that are attempting comedy, but ‘Youth In Revolt’ is more remarkable for its approach by its director to bring in elements that are unusual and merely for attempting to have its own style the film should be at least admired.
However, much like ‘Superbad’ and ‘Pineapple Express’, this is a film that is character and situation based and yet with a serious enough edge that its lead characters, played by Michael Cera and Portia Doubleday, work professionally enough to promote the work of its director; Miguel Arteta, whom shows enough perseverance and patience to tell the story well enough.
Well made and essentially funny
Considering that for a ‘fifteen certificate’ film from America, ‘Youth In Revolt’ is well made and thankfully not patronising to an age that seems to be inundated greatly by large doses of dross on a major scale. The thankful and much appreciated side of ‘Youth In Revolt’ is that it is not aimed and packaged as a comedy. Instead the points are well made and essentially funny.
‘Youth In Revolt’ is also romantic and remains within its own right containing scenes that are remarkable, but still contained.
Yet, the envelope should, be opened wider by the director in the future.
