Young Adult 2011

I wanted to see this after I saw Jason Reitman and Charlize Theron's other movie, Tully. That was almost a sort of spiritual sequel to this. Charlize Theron is really good in this. Her character is a bitch. The story is somewhat relatable. Trying to relive your glory days seems like a good idea. Not super laugh out loud funny but more of awkward situation funny. Worth a watch.

37 years old and some mental issues and stuck in the past like in a loop...
ouch! this hits close to home.

I came to this film expecting a comedy yes but a little extra too. In the end I found it lacking on both fronts. I see no real growth in the lead character. Yes...we went on a journey with her but I could have done without this film. I may have expected too much but I expected more than what I got in watching this film. Conceptually it was a good idea but it had no soul. It fell apart either in the writing or the execution of the film. There were 1 or 2 scenes where it was approaching a soul but made an about turn before reaching the mark.

Utter garbage. Slow simple self indulgent effluence just not worthy of your time.

AVOID

NOTE FOR MYSELF SO I REMEMBER SOMEDAY, ONLY REPRESENTS MY OPINION/THOUGHTS FOR MYSELF NOT A “REAL REVIEW“, SO YOU PROBABLY WONT AGREE WITH IT
(also its not my 1st language)

somehow expected more, I thought she was depressed and not a bitch, yes she's both but it made me dislike her, even tho towards the end it got a little better and clearer why she's the way she is, but all in all I didn't really enjoyed that movie, not that bad but meh

I found this movie interesting, and quite relatable in some aspects (e.g. being stuck in a rut, living with depression and loneliness, and wanting to relive the happy days of the past, but being unable to, as the requisite people and circumstances have changed). However, I found Mavis's character to be way too much of a bitch to relate to. Especially the way she treated Sandra.

This was an incredible film. Highly recommended!

Not sure why this was tagged as a comedy. There were a couple of dark/oddball comedy moments but it was more like an awkward dramedy than anything else. It was a time passer but I didn’t like it that much.

Charlie Theron puts in a very good performance in a lacklustre film with an unlikeable plot and a cop-out ending.

5.5/10

I don't understand how it could be classified as comedy. It's an interesting movie, with some more light moments, but certainly not funny or the movie that left you with a smile

For the life of me I can't figure out why Charlize Theron isn't a bigger star. Sure, she did some big Hollywood movies like Fury Road and Atomic Blonde. But those were action movies and she is a tremendous dramatic actress - her most recent example of this are Tully and Bombshell (she was by far the best part of that movie). In this movie she did something that I think is hard to do - she played a despicable character without having the character be too despicable. For some reason I kept thinking of Katherin Heigl's perfomance in the (severally over-rated) Knocked Up since that felt like someone that couldn't play this kind of character. There is such a thing as too whiny. Anyway, it was an ok movie until the ending - it really surprised me in a good way. I wasn't expecting it and it was refreshing.

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I think I would have enjoyed this movie more if Mavis wasn't a total bitch. She still could've been a mess without being so mean—it would have made her more relatable and therefore easier to root for.

I thought it was really good and not at all what I was expecting.

another one of them films like Greenberg & Everything must go...where you have to be a certain age and have had certain life experiences to appreciate it and its message

It was blah!! Thought it would be much better. Just seemed like it ended too quick.

Sad