Review: Adventureland

Posted by Matt at 12:55 on 13 Sep 2009 Reviews A-Z

Chances are, you had a crap job when you were younger. One where you resented every second you had to stack a shelf or greet a customer, but one where you had good friends, bad relationships and as many laughs as you had woes. Looking back now, it probably seems like a wonderfully complicated time. Welcome to Adventureland.

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Posted by Lars at 23:19 on 12/05/12

Watching this now. Eisenberg is mesmerising as always, Stewart is surprisingly likeable, and Reynolds would still be charming when he's beating the shit out of a baby.

Posted by Nick at 02:33 on 01/04/10

Not too bad really. For a film set in the 80's it surprised me by how honest and reserved it is. No crazy hijinks or bullshit adventures here, just a sweet story about kids who might be intelligent or educated but don't know fuck all else.
I thought Ryan Reynolds character summed it all up pretty well, they could have made him a real prick, just for the hell of having a villain but instead he's just a nice guy trapped in a crappy job and marriage, looking to get by.

Posted by blindfold11 at 15:13 on 14/09/09

I found this film made me rather frustrated. It was all a bit too predictable. American indies are becoming so more and more. The 80's setting thankfully saves us from too much of a an American Indie Soudtrack (ala JUNO).

But hats of to Hader. He's becoming a bit of a scene stealing!

Posted by Ali at 14:17 on 13/09/09

Reynolds gets a free pass in anything. The roguish swine.

I'll see this soon enough, still really like Eisenberg from Roger Dodger - one of the most underrated films ever, by the way. It's like Tom Cruise's "Respect the cock!" speech over a whole movie.

Posted by Nick at 13:20 on 13/09/09

I'm looking forward to Zombieland more, which stars the same bloody kid.