Young Adult (2011)

 
Young Adult (2011)

3/10

Starring:
Charlize Theron
Patton Oswalt
Patrick Wilson
Elizabeth Reaser

Directed by Jason Reitman

Directed by the Juno director Jason Reitman, this movie is all you see in the poster and that’s all folks…!!! Nothing more. The movie doesn’t have anything more to offer. The trailer and poster are all you need.

This movie does not look like it went through a proper production timeline because it comes off as something, that was done in like a week. As usual, Charlize Theron gave a good acting performance playing the character Mavis, who in another light was like a deranged stalker who just wanted to have Buddy Slade for herself. Her actions in the movie are of someone suffering with a mix of delusion and midlife crisis.

So what is the problem with the movie?

Let’s start with the dullness. As the movie progresses, you’d expect the dullness to just fade, but it keeps on going till the movie ends.

The same way it started, with the character back in Minneapolis with nothing in her life but her dog Dolce, the movie ends with her back in Minneapolis with her dog.

The storyline is about a recently divorced lady called Mavis, who went back to her fictional old town Mercury where she used to be the prom queen and the lady to be.

While there she meets Matt (Oswalt), who was crippled in school for being gay, which he wasn’t.

Mavis and Matt strike up a funny friendship where she gets to tell him about her plan to ruin Buddy’s (Patrick Wilson) marriage and be the new girl on the block since her and Buddy used to be old-time lovers.

Matt tells her she is crazy and that the idea won’t work. But she carries on.

This movie is supposed to be fun to watch, but the fun is just over-rated, as the movie will not even let you break a sweat laughing.

This flick is directed by Jason, although he made sure you won’t forget his style of direction. The same way Juno went is just the same way Young Adult goes, steady from the beginning to the end. While Juno had a fun storyline to carry you on, and the reality of it made it easy to key into it, Young Adult remained dull and the fictional events made it worse.

The ending, where we get to see Charlize Theron for the crazy lady she is, was the only part my eyebrow went up and an emotion was let out.

So if you have a few bucks to spare and feel like seeing a movie…?

Go see another movie. This one is just a waste.