IFWT #17 - Adventureland (2009)
Following the cultural phenomenon that was 2007's Superbad, director Greg Mottola followed it with the more personal and semi-autobiographical Adventureland (2009). A coming-of-age comedy-drama revolving around James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) who, after his father's demotion at work, is forced to get a summer job at the titular Adventureland to fund his planned trip to Europe before the start of university. It is there he meets Em (Kristen Stewart) whom he immediately forms a bond with.
Using the Adventureland park as the background to examine the love, heartbreak and the messiness of those…
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