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Young Adult (2011)

December. 09,2011
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6.3
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R
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A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.

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Cubussoli
2011/12/09

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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Moustroll
2011/12/10

Good movie but grossly overrated

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Janae Milner
2011/12/11

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

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Zandra
2011/12/12

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

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Matt Greene
2011/12/13

This is the familiar story of a man whose evil ex-girlfriend shows back up in his life at just the wrong time to try and steal him away from his new, perfect life. In a nice change of pace, Young Adult tells the story from the evil ex-girlfriend's perspective. It's a decent idea, with some solid performances from Theron and Oswalt. Otherwise, it's pretty contrived. Too many of the character decisions are just dishonest plot devices. In the end, it's all a bit too immature and messy.

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begob
2011/12/14

When an old flame announces the arrival of his first baby, an unsatisfied fiction writer returns to her hometown to stir things up ...Coming of age drama that pitches ambition against domesticity, community against individuality. The story opens with the arid nature of corporate, mass produced urban living, with the heroine regularly waking up face down on her bed after her nights of heavy drinking. She writes teen romance stories, with the main character's observations inspired by conversations the heroine overhears but ultimately reflecting her own selfish approach to life. So her arrival home is the opportunity to confront her demons and work something out.It's put together well, but left me lukewarm. Although the parts are performed with confidence, the characters feel a little like placeholders for the various themes. Most importantly the humour is ... mild, so it would take some deep characterisation to make this anything more than an average slice of life.Plenty of recent movies with women leading bad lives they need to escape, but they're all edgy: Nocturnal Animals, The Girl On The Train, Blue Jasmine. This one went for comedy, but just about amused me and no more, and in the end left me confused about the core values of the story. Is American life empty? Is personal independence good in itself?Overall: The pieces fit together, but no depth.

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grantss
2011/12/15

For once Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody, director and writer, respectively, whose previous offerings were the great Juno and Up in the Air, miss the mark. The movie starts well, and has a similar bitter-sweet comedy-drama feel as Juno and Up in the Air. However, from a point it loses direction and ultimately just fizzles out.Charlize Theron gives a solid performance in the lead role. Her character's personality is a bit flaky and irrational, and sometimes hard to believe could possibly exist, and she does a great job in making the character believable. Good support from Patton Oswalt and Patrick Wilson.

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pepe4u22
2011/12/16

What a wonderful movie, the entire cast is marvelous and lead by the standout performance by Charlize Theron who plays the lead character Mavis with a wonderful unabashed way. The interaction of Charlize and Patton Oswalt character is the strength of this movie as they are both two broken 30 something adults and their love scene is how they are one as Charlize is broken emotionally and mentally while Oswalt is physically broken. I found it refreshing with the love scene which unlike Julianne Moore constant nudity in her films it was more moving than shocking. I also love the scene at the baby naming where Charlenes character tells of her miscarriage and possibly the reason why the picture of the baby many have started this ill fated quest to reunite with her former love Buddy. I love this movie because of the rawness and the story and would highly recommend it.

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