With 2007’s Superbad, Michael Cera co-starred in what is arguably the defining coming-of-age comedy of the 2000s. While first and foremost being one of the funniest movies of recent memory (does 2007 still count as recent?), it also had a lot to say about growing up, and what graduating high school means as you transition into your first steps of adulthood.

And now with the Michael Angarano-directed Sacramento, Cera takes a stab at one of life’s great miracles — and great challenges: becoming a dad. And while it doesn’t have anything especially deep or revelatory to say, it hits all the beats expected of such a movie and hits them well enough and with enough sincerity to make it work.

Michael Cera and Michael Angarano in Sacramento (2025)/Vertical Sacramento plot

Following the death of his father, Rickey (Michael Angarano) is forced to leave his convalescent home. Faced with an...