Young Adult
Everyone gets old. Not everyone grows up.
Directed by Jason Reitman
Produced by Paramount Pictures, Mandate Pictures
A darkly comic portrait of arrested development and delusion, where a woman's nostalgic return home becomes a collision with her own stagnation.
A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.
Essence
Ensemble
Charlize Theron
Mavis Gary
Patton Oswalt
Matt Freehauf
Patrick Wilson
Buddy Slade
Elizabeth Reaser
Beth Slade
Collette Wolfe
Sandra Freehauf
Jill Eikenberry
Hedda Gary
Richard Bekins
David Gary
Mary Beth Hurt
Jan
Kate Nowlin
Mary Ellen Trantowski
Jenny Dare Paulin
Nipple Confusion Bassist
Rebecca Hart
Nipple Confusion Guitarist
Louisa Krause
Front Desk Girl
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Like Young Adult, But Less Popular
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