In this sharp-tongued coming-of-age comedy from director Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl), Michael Cera stars as timid, Sinatra-loving teen Nick Twisp, who's desperate to lose his virginity. However, when he falls for Sheeni (Portia Doubleday), the free-spirited girl of his dreams, he realises he'll need to develop a rebellious streak to win her heart. Enter Francois Dillinger (Cera again), a moustachioed, chain-smoking, bad-boy alter ego who leads Nick on a trail of destruction that wrecks relationships, cars and a sizeable chunk of his home town. Gustin Nash's script takes several well-aimed pot shots at typical teen-movie conventions, but has the tendency to occasionally wallow in the crude humour of the American Pie films. Cera plays Nick with the same deadpan bewildered charm that served him well in Juno and TV's Arrested Development, and and there are hilarious cameos from Fred Willard as a peacenik neighbour and Justin Long as Sheeni's drug-addled brother.

As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to a trailer park. When a pretty neighbor named Sheeni plays records by French crooners, it's love at first sight for frustrated and inexperienced Nick. Learning that she is dating someone, Nick launches a hilarious quest to find his way into Sheeni's heart -- and bed.