"Youth in Revolt" is, fittingly, a nice enough movie with some off-the-wall funny parts. The film has an awkward, stilted tone but that works in its favor because it basically tells you to sit back and enjoy the fun and realize that this film isn't realistic at all. IIt's definitely the kind of film that people who stumble upon will really like but if you go in with high expectations, you'll likely be let down. So there's no need to rush out and see in the theaters but I would definitely recommend adding it to the Netflix queue right now.

What the film did make me think about is restarting my rom-com script or starting a new one in which the hero isn't some quirky hipster. I've always wanted to write a film that either focuses on the stereotypical stud after he loses the girl (or maybe at a high school reunion in which he tries to win the girl back) or a film about an perfectly average kid who tries to win the girl. My original idea was a film that was kind of the Scream of rom-coms (and no, that isn't Date Movie, which is the Scary Movie of date movies). The film would center around a jerk who uses what he learned in romantic comedies to win over the girl of his dreams. I'm struggling the most with, well, my laziness, but moreso it's a problem of when to set the film - in high school or a few years after high school. My first outline had a bet involved if he doesn't get the girl (the rom-com standard) but I'm not sure if that's the best approach.

Anyway, the rom-com might be back in the second position on my writing queue; my superhero TV show being the #1 priority right now.