Notice anything familiar?
That's right. Michael Cera is at it again. He's playing an awkward, geeky, lovable teen!
For a brief moment, let's take a look at a snippet of Cera's recent acting arsenal:
- Arrested Devlopment (awkward teen)
- Superbad (awkward teen)
- Juno (awkward teen)
- Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (awkward teen)
- Year One (awkward prehistoric teen)
- Paper Heart (awkward teen)
It's probably something you've noticed. Maybe it's not necessarily something that bothers you. Maybe Cera is some kind of geeky teen "auteur" in your opinion. But to this bored blogger it's a tired act.
It does seem, however, that this newest addition to Cera's filmogrophy, Youth in Revolt, is spiced up with a "supplementary persona" by the name of Francois. Let's hope this is Cera's way of slowly moving towards a different character type, because, really, how many times can you change the environment (or millennium) of essentially the same character before everyone notices?
I will still see Youth and Revolt. Aside from the fact that Cera looks to be doing mostly the same awkward things as he's been doing for years, the movie's got the based-on-a-best-selling-book thing going for it. And that's something... right?
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