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Young Adult 
USA, 94 minutes, Rated 14A
Reviewed 01/12, © Stephen Bourne
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Jason Reitman - Director
Diablo Cody - Screenplay
Eric Steelberg - Cinematography
SYNOPSIS:
"After high school, Mavis left her small town of Mercury,
Minnesota and moved on to the big city of Minneapolis, or 'the
Mini-Apple' as it's affectionately known by residents of the
surrounding small towns. Here, she continued her success into
adulthood by becoming an accomplished writer of a popular teen
book series called 'Waverly Prep.' More and more, her own life
begins to resemble that of her fictional teenage heroine as fantasy
and reality intertwine, which is especially confusing since she
is now in her 30s." - http://www.youngadultmovie.com/
REVIEW:
Charlize Theron stars in this slow-moving and often boring, 94
minute human drama written by Diablo Cody and directed by Jason
Reitman. While Theron pulls a virtually seamless and convincing
performance from the screenplay, 'Young Adult' as a whole doesn't
particularly succeed in pulling you into its story of emotionally
stunted ghost writer Mavis Gary coming home to seduce her small
town high school sweetheart from his simple married life and
newborn daughter. It sounds like the premise for an enjoyably
quirky comedy of errors, but the laughs rarely materialize and
you're never really sure if you're supposed to like or merely
pity Mavis throughout the course of the movie. It's tough to
empathize, mainly because the script takes far too long to reveal
why Mavis has set herself on this disasterous homewrecking manhunt.
That enigmatic revelation doesn't come until this film is almost
over, long after you've already given up waiting for one memorable
joke or a sharp spark of insight that never comes. Sure, there
is humour here. Slightly. You've likely seen most of it featured
in the trailer. It's not enough. Co-star Patton Oswalt actually
does a better job of keeping you motivated to watch, as Mavis'
delusional machinations are played off his character Matt Freehauf's
wonderfully laid back voice of bruised and ignored reasoning.
The result is a great performance from Theron and Oswalt, in
an otherwise forgettably mediocre drama that I found tough to
avoid twiddling my thumbs at while screening it, stopping myself
from thinking about how it could have been better in pacing,
nuance and humour. That's never a good thing, but you won't miss
much by passing on seeing this one. 'Young Adult' is rated 14A
by the Ontario Film Review Board for coarse language and mature
themes.
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