Monday, April 13, 2009

Adventurland

Jesse Eisenberg plays James Brennan beautifully in the movie Adventurland depicting a college graduate broke and living at home. To save money for grad school he gets a job at the local theme park, Adventureland, where he meets Arlene, played by Kelsey Ford. James is an innocent kid who thought his two week relationship with a girl was true love, while Arlene far from innocent. The movie follows them through a rough but hilarious scenario that seems corny but still heart warming.


The movie has sort of a Juno feel where the characters are much older then they look. They look like they are in high school but through out the move they drink at bars and smoke weed, to add to the roller coaster of events of course. I don't know if this was intentional, the young looking characters or not. It kind of confused me in Juno also. I wish Ellen Paige was in the movie though that would have been great. Way off track here but overall the movie was very satisfactory.

My two favorite side characters were definitely the theme park managers. They add to the comedic atmosphere in every scene they are in.

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