"Adventureland" is one of those movies that you can tell the writer had in their head for a long time. It's set in a very specific time (the 80's) for no real apparent reason, and it stresses that o' so important "coming of age" message all movies starring "teens" have. It's appropriate it takes place in the 80's cause it easily fits with "The Breakfast Club", "Sixteen Candles", and every other John Hughes movie. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg (the poor man's Michael Cera), Ryan Reynolds (The rich man's Ryan Gosling) and Kristen "Bella Swan" Stewart. These three are the main focus of the story and surprisingly despite all the trash i have heard about her acting in "Twilight", Stewart was probably my favorite actor in the whole film. The supporting cast, especially Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig, could have been in the movie more, but the scenes they do have are pretty memorable. Story is pretty good, and it feels more realistic than most films out there about growing up. There are good times and bad and the characters are able to convey this quite well. My only gripe is that the movie is set in the 80's, im assuming it's cause the writer, Greg Mottola, was about the same age as the main character at the time. He also wrote "Superbad" but this felt like a much more coherent heartfelt piece. It's got depth and the characters, for the most part, are likeable. 4.5 outta 5. Phew, almost done with all these movies i've seen over Spring Break, last is the new Matt Damon thriller "Green Zone"
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