[6]

Michael Cera plays a teen looking to lose his virginity in this lighthearted teenage rebellion romp that features some fun performances from the likes of Zach Galifianakis, Fred Willard, Jean Smart, and Justin Long — but it ultimately doesn’t offer much that we haven’t seen before. Perhaps the freshest element is the fact that Cera’s character conjures an alter-ego for himself who appears on-screen alongside him. There are a lot of dark elements in the storyline (especially when Cera schemes to have the love of his life drugged on a nightly basis), but the film doesn’t go far enough into black comedy for my taste. A ballsier ending might have done the flick a world of good. With Steve Buscemi and Ray Liotta.