The Silver Screen
Movie Review: 'Young Adult'
After slew of successes, director Jason Reitman drops the ball with 'Young Adult.'
Jason Reitman, prior to this year, had directed three films: Thank You For Smoking in 2006, Juno in 2007 and Up In the Air in 2009. Each of them was my favorite movie of their respective year. His fourth film, Young Adult? You can't win 'em all, I guess. The film reunites Reitman with Oscar-winning Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody and returns the action to Minnesota, Juno's home state (and, originally, mine.) What's missing is any semblance of a compelling story, as well as the wit and humanity that marked Reitman's first three pictures. It's being advertised as a comedy, but I don't remember there being any laughs. At least Cody, honest to blog, mostly holds off on the tiresome catchphrases this time. Young Adult stars Charlize Theron as …
rich batra
12:23 am on Tuesday, January 10, 2012
I agree this is a dumb movie, and I found it condescending..also, yes the accent is missing more ›