Charlize Theron plays a divorced fiction writer who returns to her hometown and is determined to seduce her former high-school boyfriend away from his wife and newborn in
Young Adult, the second collaboration from director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody. And although Theron's troubled character seems to be stuck in a permanent state of arrested adolescence, the creative duo who scored a sleeper hit with
Juno just four years ago show that they are maturing by presenting a story that never takes the easy way out, straddling the line between awkward laughs and uncomfortable satire while milking ‘90s nostalgia with near-fetishistic fervor.
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Released:
2011
Rated:
R
Length:
n/a