Essentially the film aims to trade in the awkwardness of teen sexuality, but too often settles for the gross-out gag instead.
As a film about social issues, and simply being yourself, it’s commendably progressive, going so far as serving as a kind of coming-out story.
Despite ample proof to the contrary, Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil was not written by the punaholic Carrie Bradshaw.
Geek is its own language, and Paul speaks it fluently.
The film grounds its story’s food frenzy and hysteria with a heartfelt wonderment.
It’s no Superbad, but Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart’s sterling chemistry make Adventureland worthwhile.
Director Shawn Levy remains unable to convey the type of grand, awe-inspiring scope and wonder that his material requires.
Adventureland is a sweet-hearted study of romance among college grads coping with their new independence in the summer of 1987.
Coming off helming the Judd Apatow-produced smash Superbad, Mottola goes for more blatantly tender notes in filming his pet project.
Ben Stiller was thinking about himself and his friends when he wrote this film, but he left out the crucial third party that defines comedy: the audience.
Whereas Jason Segel makes smart use of this mopey routine, the same can’t quite be said about the film’s employment of the Apatow template.
Superbad exhibits a precise understanding of young male anxieties, desires, and camaraderie.
This is a tired rehash of every SNL alum’s big-screen debut since Adam Sandler’s Billy Madison.