Adventureland

Name: Adventureland
Director: Greg Mottola
Released: 2009

Greg Mottola

2009

2.00

Synopsis

In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.

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Jesse EisenbergJames Brennan
Kristen StewartEm Lewin
Martin StarrJoel
Kristen WiigPaulette
Bill HaderBobby
Ryan ReynoldsMike Connell
Margarita LevievaLisa P.
Jack GilpinMr. Brennan
Josh PaisMr. Lewin
Wendie MalickMrs. Brennan

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91
Entertainment Weekly
For nostalgia junkies, it's one from the heart.
90
Village Voice
I've seen Mottola's movie twice, and both times, it has inspired feelings of joy, sadness, and a profound yearning for the unrecoverable past.
88
Premiere
On the surface, this might look like a typical teen movie, but Adventureland’s talented cast perfectly portrays the self-loathing and strong-minded characters in that transient post-college stage of life.
88
ReelViews
The result is a sharp, insightful, charming motion picture.
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
What makes the movie such an unexpectedly potent little number is that Adventureland comes to stand for Stagnationland; the real roller coaster (i.e., life) is just outside the park.
80
The Hollywood Reporter
With a keen affection for his own formative years, filmmaker Greg Mottola has crafted a funny and spunky amusement
78
Austin Chronicle
A confident return to the kind of teen comedy that's funny without being raunchy, youthful without being juvenile, and reflective without hitting you over the head.
75
Chicago Sun-Times
What surprised me was how much I admired Kristen Stewart, who in "Twilight," was playing below her grade level. Here is an actress ready to do important things. Together, and with the others, they make Adventureland more real and more touching than it may sound.

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