Garden State (film)
2004
Search results
Mar 31, 2009 · Take James. Here he is all set to move to New York, and his dad loses his job and he’s forced to take a job at a shabby Pittsburgh amusement park. All of the rides look secondhand, all of the games are rigged, and all of the prizes look like surplus.
88% Tomatometer 217 Reviews 61% Audience Score 250,000+ Ratings It's the summer of 1987, and recent college grad James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) can't wait to begin his long-anticipated dream...
- (217)
- Greg Mottola
- R
- Jesse Eisenberg
Sep 11, 2009 · Adventureland is a tremendously funny and touching coming-of-age story by Greg Mottola, the director of Superbad. It follows a recent college graduate who works at a local amusement park and finds ...
People also ask
Is Adventureland a good movie?
Is Adventureland a teen movie?
Is 'Adventureland' worth the price of admission?
Is Adventureland a romantic teen comedy?
Adventureland is ultimately an interesting but flawed mixture of Mottolla's early indie sensibility (The Daytrippers) with some of the more mainstream teen comedy elements of Superbad.
Adventureland was a lot better film than I anticipated. The summary sounds incredibly boring, which it is. There is really no excitement or anything overly engaging about the film. However, Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, and the rest of the cast make for an interesting story.
Fairly thoughtful romcom masquerades as a raunchy indie. Read Common Sense Media's Adventureland review, age rating, and parents guide.
Jan 20, 2009 · ‘Adventureland’: Film Review. In the ongoing tradition of 'American Graffiti' and 'Fast Times as Ridgemont High,' 'Adventureland' will be a high grader at the boxoffice and in rental.
