It was the worst job they ever imagined... and the best time of their lives.
| Cast |
Jesse Eisenberg, Kelsey Ford, Michael Zegen, Ryan McFarland, Jack Gilpin, Wendie Malick, Matt Bush |
| Director |
Greg Mottola |
| Screenplay | Greg Mottola |
| Cinematography | Terry Stacey |
| Editing | Anne McCabe |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Made in | 2009 |
| Produced by | Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, This Is That Productions |
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| Genre | Romance, comedy, drama |
| Language | Strong |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | Mildish |
| Violence | Mild |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Some |
| Drug abuse | Frequent |
| Comments | Frequent explicit drug (and alcohol) usage in a film aimed at late teenagers. Parents should be especially vigilant with this film. |
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| Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Zane Henry | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Mariana Malan | 10 |  |
| Cape Times Kenneth Turan | 15 | |
| The Citizen Annette Bayne | 14 | |
| 24.com Finn Gregory | 10 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 15 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers  Adventureland throws a lot at us, but not enough of it sticks. | 13 |  |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs While perhaps not for everyone (it gets its R rating for good reason), those of us who'd rather mostly forget but nevertheless want to hold onto some memories of an array of dead-end summer jobs will likely find this film right on target. | 13 | |
| Metacritic.com 34 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 158 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Full of humor and nostalgia, Adventureland is a sweet, insightful coming-of-age comedy that will resonate with teens and adults alike. | 18 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 6012 Netizens Genius, tender romance mismarketed as teen sex romp. | 15 | |
Average .. 70% | 14 | |