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Adventureland

2009

Greg Mottola

Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, Martin Starr ...

6.1

14,324

Comedy. Drama. Romance It's the summer of 1987, and James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg), an uptight, recent college grad, can't wait to embark on his dream tour of Europe. But when his parents announce they can no longer subsidize his trip, James has little choice but to take a lowly job at a local amusement park. Forget about German beer, world-famous museums, and cute French girls—James's summer will now be populated by belligerent dads, stuffed pandas, and ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Duane Byrge The Hollywood Reporter	With a keen affection for his own formative years, filmmaker Greg Mottola has crafted a funny and spunky amusement Read full review
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"A rather ordinary account of youthful summer misadventures that goes down easily thanks to a sparky cast"
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"What surprised me was how much I admired Kristen Stewart (...) Together, and with the others, they make Adventureland more real and more touching than it may sound"
		Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Greg Mottola has taken that most overdone of contemporary genres, the coming-of-age story, and made it engaging, bittersweet and even fun."
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Somehow the story of a young man’s coming of age never gets old, at least when it is told with the kind of sweetness and intelligence 'Adventureland' displays."
		Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"A sweet, sharp coming-of-age romance, Adventureland is a little warmer, a little funnier and a lot more truthful than the last 20 or 30 of its ilk."
		Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"Thanks to an exceptionally deft touch, Mottola manages to capture the absurdity and anguish of young adulthood, while never sacrificing meaning on the altar of crude humor"
		Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"An over-repeated tale gets a jolt of originality (...) Mottola has taken that most overdone of contemporary genres, the coming-of-age story, and made it engaging, bittersweet and even fun."

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