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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.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language, drug use and sexual references

Runtime: 1 hr. 46 min.

Genre: Drama, Comedy

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... 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 find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world. [More]

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Kristen Wiig

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Margarita Levieva, Ryan Reynolds, Josh Pais, Wendie Malick, Mary Birdsong, Matthew Bush, Paige Howard, Dan Bittner, Jack Gilpin, Matt Bush

Director: Greg Mottola

Director: Greg Mottola
Screenwriter: Greg Mottola
Producer: Anne Carey, Bruce Toll, Ted Hope, William Horberg
Distributor: Miramax Films

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Full Review Source: Future Movies UK | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Jay Richardson
Jay Richardson
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Full Review Source: Film.com | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Cole Haddon
Cole Haddon
Film.com
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It's a bit slight and rambling, but also manages to engage us due to the sharply drawn characters

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
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Jul 6, 2010
Dave White
Dave White
Movies.com

[Mottola has] done his job in making the work feel authentic, funny, and like a breeze to sit through.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
Feb 23, 2010
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

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.

Full Review Source: Examiner.com | comment 1 Comment
Nov 12, 2009
Adam Lippe
Adam Lippe
Examiner.com

Content to occupy that middle ground where insights are authentic but far from revelatory and comedy is more amiable than riotous.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment 1 Comment
Nov 6, 2009
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

A funny, touching and honest film about a serious 22-year-old neither embarrassed by nor exulting in his lack of sexual experience.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
Sep 18, 2009
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

Without recourse to frilly cuffs or a montage to A Flock Of Seagulls’ greatest hit, it plays the ’80s card for something heartfelt.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
Sep 18, 2009
Ian Nathan
Ian Nathan
Empire Magazine

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.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
Sep 11, 2009
This is London

As a sweet-natured character comedy – and a subtle exercise in generic boundary-pushing – this is a real charmer.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
Sep 11, 2009
Tom Huddlestone
Tom Huddlestone
Time Out

Its gentle charm and effortless eloquence personified by its winning lead, Adventureland is only marred by a rote final reel.

Full Review Source: Film4 | comment Comment
Sep 11, 2009
Richard Luck
Richard Luck
Film4

The whole enterprise is infused with a quality of feeling, an integrity, that is rare in such a commercial film.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
Sep 11, 2009
Toby Young
Toby Young
Times [UK]

A tremendously funny and touching coming-of-age story, which he has set in the 1980s with a sprinkling of nicely chosen cultural references.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
Sep 11, 2009
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

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.

Full Review Source: Little White Lies | comment 1 Comment
Sep 11, 2009
Dan Brightmore
Dan Brightmore
Little White Lies

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.

Full Review Source: Digital Spy | comment 2 Comments
Sep 11, 2009
Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds
Digital Spy

An Indie romcom which doesn’t pile on the contrived quirkiness and instead concentrates on being believable, smart and sweet.

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Sep 11, 2009
Boyd Hilton
Boyd Hilton
Heat Magazine

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.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
Sep 11, 2009
Elliott Noble
Elliott Noble
Sky Movies

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…

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment 1 Comment
Sep 11, 2009
Tom Charity
Tom Charity
Total Film
 
 
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