Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Bill Hader
A comedy set in the summer of 1987 and centered around a recent college grad (Eisenberg) who takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared f...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 25, 2009
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Flixster Reviews (9,121)
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November 17, 2009Better than 500 Days of Summer by a mile, Adventureland is an exemplary portrait of two characters who grow and mature right in front of our eyes into likable, complex human beings. Whereas we leave the former movie feeling that Joseph Gordon-Levitt didn't really learn all that m...( read more)
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November 3, 2009On my first viewing, I thought ADVENTURELAND was a solid and original teen film. Upon my second viewing, I thought it was a lot more than that and easily one of the year's best aswell as one of the more underrated films of 2009.
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October 30, 2009only jesse eisenbergs second best film of 09' with the word "land" in the title. the cast was chosen well enough and the film had its charming and funny moments, but overall a bit bland. i wasnt expecting much so i wasnt necessarily disappointed when i received a very average f...( read more)
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September 27, 2009What is the point of this movie? Amusement park comedy melodrama in the 80's?? Really the only good part about this movie are the 80's songs, that's it. The two lead roles, some dude and then Twilight lady, terrible. They didn't even ride rollercoasters in this movie, focusin...( read more)
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September 22, 2009I'm always surprised when a movie makes the 80's appear to be more than the ugly, godawful decade that it clearly was. I might not remember it myself, but VH1 has convinced me that nothing good came out of those ten years except some decent music and the Ninja Turtles.
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November 20, 2009Has to be the best movie I've seen for a while. Really liked the characters they were very believable and really cool unlike most young adults potrayed in movies today. Love movies that are set back in the 80's. Jessie Eisenberg is great just someone you can really relate to and ...( read more)
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November 20, 2009it was quite good...but it didn't really have a plot, plus it was very obvious they were gonna get together in the end. despite this i did quite enjoy it!
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November 19, 2009Cute storyline, good acting, however I felt the plot lacked a bit of climax.
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November 17, 2009Killer soundtrack, wish Michael Cera had been available, never enough Bill Hader -- overall an enjoyable, sadly overlooked dramedic(?) gem. but I also think it mislead me initially into giving it a higher rating with it's nostalgia for a time I was too young to remember (similar...( read more)
Critic Reviews
April 3, 2009
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
April 3, 2009
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
The youths of Superbad were a little bit younger, a little more likable, their dirty-virgin wit more hilarious [than in Adventureland]. full review
April 3, 2009
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
Sometimes, a critic is going to connect with a movie, even one they can admit has some major problems, because it so mirrors their own expereinces. full review
April 3, 2009
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
With Adventureland, Mottola is using some of the stock from his Superbad triumph to make the kind of personal film he should be making, that he probably would have liked to have made in the years foll... full review
April 2, 2009
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
The film, written and directed by Greg Mottola, plants its flag in thoroughly explored territory, but that familiarity turns out to be integral to its loose and scruffy appeal. full review
April 2, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today
While Adventureland may shift moods suddenly and meander, the highlight is Eisenberg's ability to endearingly convey gawkiness and mortification. full review
April 2, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Adventureland throws a lot at us, but not enough of it sticks. full review
April 2, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Director Greg Mottola, who made the rather wonderful Superbad, is back now with a sweeter story, more quietly funny, again about a hero who believes he may be a virgin outstaying his shelf life. full review
April 1, 2009
Armond White, The New York Press
Adventureland adds appreciable humanity to the genre, improving the adolescent egotism inflected by Dazed and Confused and the vulgar excesses of Superbad. full review
March 30, 2009
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
What makes the movie such an unexpectedly potent little number is that Adventureland comes to stand for Stagnationland; the real roller coaster (i.e., life) is just outside the park. full review
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January 30, 2009A coming-of-age comedy set in the summer of 1987 about an uptight recent college grad (Jesse Eisenberg) who is forced to take a job at a local amusement park when he realizes he can't afford his dream European vacation.
It's the summer of 1987, and James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg), an uptight recent college grad, can't wait to embark on his dream tour of Europe. But when his parents (Wendie Malick and Jack Gilpin) announce they can no longer subsidize his trip, James has little choice but to take a lowly job at a local amusement park. Forget about German beer, world-famous museums and cute French girls-James' summer will now be populated by belligerent dads, stuffed pandas, and screaming kids high on cotton candy. Lucky for James, what should have been his worst summer ever turns into quite an adventure as he discovers love in the most unlikely place with his captivating co-worker Em (Kristen Stewart), and learns to loosen up.
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