Adventureland Critic Reviews

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Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites

Harmless enough, but "indie comedy" sounds like something better seen at Urban Outfitters than at a movie theater.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

What surprised me was how much I admired Kristen Stewart, who in "Twilight," was playing below her grade level. Here is an actress ready to do important things. Together, and with the others, they make Adventureland more real and more touching than it may sound.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

For nostalgia junkies, it's one from the heart.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites

Greg Mottola has taken that most overdone of contemporary genres, the coming-of-age story, and made it engaging, bittersweet and even fun.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

The result is a sharp, insightful, charming motion picture.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

Adventureland throws a lot at us, but not enough of it sticks.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

This film makes you wonder why aren't there more young love movies?Read the full review

Slate | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites

Has the note-perfect melancholy of a classic young adult novel.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Duane ByrgeAdd Critic to Favorites

With a keen affection for his own formative years, filmmaker Greg Mottola has crafted a funny and spunky amusementRead the full review

The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites

Somehow the story of a young man's coming of age never gets old, at least when it is told with the kind of sweetness and intelligence Adventureland displays.Read the full review

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