Young Adult (2011)

Directed by

Jason Reitman

Genre

comedy film, tragicomedy, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

R

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 1,362 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A ghostwriter of young adult novels returns to her small hometown to try to win back her high school sweetheart, who is now married with a new baby. She struggles with her own arrested development and the reality of her past.

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What happens

Young Adult is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman, written by Diablo Cody, and starring Charlize Theron. Reitman and Cody worked together previously on Juno (2007). Young Adult began a limited release on December 9, 2011, before expanding to a wide release on December 16, 2011. It received generally positive reviews from critics, and Theron earned a Golden Globe nomination for her performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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