New 'Youth In Revolt' Trailer

A new trailer for Miguel Arteta’s adaptation of the cult C.D. Payne young adult novel, “Youth In Revolt,” has arrived and for once, it’s nice to see a “new” trailer that actually has a substantial amount of new footage and shows a fairly different take on the film.

Or, well… at least at first it does… Yes, it’s still an angsty and insouciant teenage comedy, but the opening at least reveals something… slightly different. A voice-over that doesn’t make you want to kill yourself and a little bit of back story that reveals that Steve Buscemi plays Michael Cera’s father and Ari Graynor (“Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist”) as his girlfriend. We get some shots of Justin Long as a friend, but pretty much from there it’s the same old thing (that’s what we get for writing about the #2, #3, etc. versions of trailers) aside from the use of Bowie’s “Rebel, Rebel” in the second half.

Newcomer Portia Doubleday plays Cera’s love interest and the rest of the cast includes Adhir Kalyan (“Aliens in America”) Jean Smart, Ray Liotta, Zach Galifianakis and Fred Willard.

But you know? It still looks decent for what it is and we’re looking forward to it. The trailer at least gives us a few laughs including Cera getting clocked in the face by a preppie with “an adorable sweater.”

Reports from TIFF this year weren’t resoundingly great, but truth be told, we didn’t hear a lot, period. People seemed to be pleased with the film and perhaps tellingly, Arteta has already set-up his next picture, “Cedar Rapids,” that features an equally excellent cast — Ed Helms, John C Reilly, Sigourney Weaver and Alia Shawkat to name a few — so that bodes well in its favor (presumably if ‘Revolt’ was called a disaster, no one would be signing him up for yet another high-profile gig).

“Youth In Revolt” will hit theaters January 8th, but evidently will open in limited release for at least one week in December in order to qualify for awards consideration. Apparently The Weinstein Company thinks Cera can snag himself a Golden Globe in the comedy section which doesn’t sound totally far-fetched.