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Adventureland (2009)
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Reviews Counted:199
Fresh:176
Rotten:23
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: Full of humor and nostalgia, Adventureland is a sweet, insightful coming-of-age comedy that will resonate with teens and adults alike.
Theatrical Release: Apr 3, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $16M
Synopsis: A comedy set in the summer of 1987 and centered around a recent college grad (Eisenberg) who takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to... [More]
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Kristen Wiig
Director: Greg Mottola
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Jul 6, 2010
Top CriticIt's a bit slight and rambling, but also manages to engage us due to the sharply drawn characters
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[Mottola has] done his job in making the work feel authentic, funny, and like a breeze to sit through.
Feb 23, 2010
Regardless of the well filled-out cast and the fact that it's structured like a comedy, Adventureland just isn't funny. There really aren't jokes and the overlong running time is mostly given to a standard budding romance.
Nov 12, 2009
Content to occupy that middle ground where insights are authentic but far from revelatory and comedy is more amiable than riotous.
Nov 6, 2009
A funny, touching and honest film about a serious 22-year-old neither embarrassed by nor exulting in his lack of sexual experience.
Sep 18, 2009
Without recourse to frilly cuffs or a montage to A Flock Of Seagulls’ greatest hit, it plays the ’80s card for something heartfelt.
Sep 18, 2009
Adventureland is reminiscent of indie movies like Breaking Away, Dazed and Confused and Clerks. You could put it another way and say it’s not very original. Yet, watching the movie, you’re too swept up in James’s problems to care.
Sep 11, 2009
As a sweet-natured character comedy – and a subtle exercise in generic boundary-pushing – this is a real charmer.
Sep 11, 2009
Its gentle charm and effortless eloquence personified by its winning lead, Adventureland is only marred by a rote final reel.
Sep 11, 2009
The whole enterprise is infused with a quality of feeling, an integrity, that is rare in such a commercial film.
Sep 11, 2009
A tremendously funny and touching coming-of-age story, which he has set in the 1980s with a sprinkling of nicely chosen cultural references.
Sep 11, 2009
Like all films that strike a chord, you’ll find yourself replaying your own memories as the credits roll on a comedy that fires the heart.
Sep 11, 2009
Some may scoff at Adventureland for sailing too close to a tried and tested story formula, but it's funny, heart-warming and more meandering and whimsical than you'd expect from a mainstream Hollywood comedy.
Sep 11, 2009
An Indie romcom which doesn’t pile on the contrived quirkiness and instead concentrates on being believable, smart and sweet.
Sep 11, 2009
Wisely, Mottola doesn't try to reinvent the comedy wheel. He's simply taken the plot-free route of Superbad, made the like-for-like swap of Jesse Eisenberg for Michael Cera, upscaled the romance, downsized the slapstick.
Sep 11, 2009
One from the heart, a clear-sighted love letter to his own teenage tribulations. Starting out in high spirits then skewing more serious, it’s a funny, poignant, bittersweet treat. Get in line…
Sep 11, 2009
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