Since his "Arrested Development" days, Michael Cera has pretty much played variations on the same character. He's virtually the same hesitant, adorably awkward teen in the short-lived Fox program, "Superbad" and "Juno."
His latest starring role, in Miguel Arteta's "Youth in Revolt," which premieres at TIFF Tuesday evening, seems like a rebuttal to the idea that Cera lacks range. He plays, as usual, a shy virginal kid lacking the guts to nail the girl he loves — but finally succeeds after developing a swinging alter ego named Francois. 
Here, Cera gets to toy around in a manner that we've never seen him try before.