Adventureland (#25)

Did you ever have a summer that totally snuck up on you? The one between your college years and adult hood, when you though you had a plan,  and were in total transition. Adventureland captures that really well. After the movie my wife nailed it by comparing it to the great book The Perks of Being a Wallflower. The cast here, does great and memorable work. Ryan Reynolds turns in a likable performance for a unlikable character.  The movie felt like it was written with Micheal Cera in mind for the lead, and whne they couldn’t get him, go a Micheal Cera like actor instead and told him to act like Michael Cera. Doesn’t matter though, because it worked.  Martin Starr needs to be in more movies, he ably plays the best friend here, and damn near steals every scene he’s in. The director Greg Mottolla, made Superbad, and although I liked that movie, this one is is more mature, with humor coming from a realer, less outrageous place.