Young Adult

2011 94 min ★ 5.8 Comedy, Drama

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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Cast

Charlize Theron

Mavis Gary

Patton Oswalt

Matt Freehauf

Patrick Wilson

Buddy Slade

Elizabeth Reaser

Beth Slade

Collette Wolfe

Sandra Freehauf

Jill Eikenberry

Hedda Gary

Richard Bekins

David Gary

Mary Beth Hurt

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Kate Nowlin

Mary Ellen Trantowski

Jenny Dare Paulin

Nipple Confusion Bassist

Details

Director

Jason Reitman

Tagline

"Everyone gets old. Not everyone grows up."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$22,939,027

Production

Paramount Pictures, Mandate Pictures, Indian Paintbrush, Mr. Mudd, Right of Way Films, Denver & Delilah Productions

Reviews

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DoryDarko

February 19, 2017

★ 8/10

Young Adult tells the story of 37-year-old Mavis Gary – a pathologically unhappy, immature, egotistical girl in a grown woman's body. Upon hearing of her ex-boyfriend's new born baby, she decides that they are still meant for each other, and the fact that he is now happily married to The Perfect Woman is but a minor detail on their road to eternal bliss. More simply put… Mavis is bat s*** crazy. ...

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CinemaSerf

February 24, 2023

★ 5/10

The premiss is that Charlize Theron ("Mavis Gary") is an erstwhile successful novelist, now divorced, borderline alcoholic and bored. She heads back to her home town in Minnesota to catch up with her parents - and, more importantly, to hook up with her now married ex-boyfriend, who now has a baby... When she arrives, she initially meets up with the guy whom everyone thought was gay at school, and ...