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Young Adult

Everyone gets old. Not everyone grows up.

2011 · 1h 34m · R Comedy, Drama
Directed by Jason Reitman

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Overview

A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.

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All reviews
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh

There has always been something so inward about [Theron;] she can seem detached or deprived. But here it's as if the script and the direction felt bound to heed that loneliness, and let the actress go with her bravery and the depressive sag of her mouth.

David Thomson, The New Republic
Fresh

There is a raw honesty here rare in movies, and it's very funny too - excruciating at times.

Cath Clarke, Time Out
Fresh

Young Adult may be the year's most engaging feel-bad movie.

Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh

There's little about Mavis that makes for feel-good revelry. That's an understatement, perhaps. Yet, Theron's work feels true to Mavis' malaise -- and often, just as sad.

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Rotten

As good as Theron and Oswalt are, and they're very good, Young Adult doesn't give them enough room to breathe.

Peter Howell, Toronto Star

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