MaestroReviews

Deb and I are artists, painters actually. We go see films as often as once a week. That's right, we go to the theater and sit in a dark room with strangers to see movies. We rarely rent. We like "little" movies, foreign and documentary films. We try to stay away from mainstream and blockbusters whenever possible, but a couple sneak in each year. We seek out the obscure. We try to avoid violent movies, and that really limits our choices, most film makers seem to think violence makes a story interesting.
I try not to give anything away in the reviews, but offer an honest reaction.
We rate them 1~10, 10 being highest.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Young Adult

Deb 8 Me 7



This was okay. It's my first exposure to Charleze Theron, I checked her filmography and it looks like she's been around for a while and done an awful lot of work. She was definitely the star of this thing and did a good job. It's a dark comedy about a nut-job, sort of like the chick in Tabloid. But this one has some welcome comic relief that keeps the teeter-totter of laughing and groaning going back and forth. So the central character is crazy and enjoys getting plastered. Not a great combo and none of the people around her seem to enjoy this combo either. Of course there is one exception, that is what co-stars are for. This co-star is a chubby little guy who is the other end of the social spectrum from the attractive star starlet. As formulaic as it is, it is all pretty plausible (I guess anything is with crazy people), but the reactions of the the supporting cast make it all a pretty neat movie.


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