young adult
- Release Date
- November 11, 2011
- Director
- Jason Reitman
- Cast
- Charlize Theron , Patton Oswalt , Patrick Wilson , Elizabeth Reaser , Collette Wolfe , Jill Eikenberry
- Runtime
- 94
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Writers
- Diablo Cody
- Tagline
- Everyone gets old. Not everyone grows up.
- Website
- http://www.YoungAdultMovie.com
Summary
Academy Award(R) winner Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson). When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate (Patton Oswalt) who hasn't quite gotten over high school, either.
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