Adventureland : Movie Review


"Adventureland" is more a collection of emotional textures than a story with a plot: It's 1987 and James (Jesse Eisenberg), a recent college grad, is looking forward to taking a summer trip before heading to graduate school in the fall. But he needs his parents to help out, just a bit, and his dad (played by Jack Gilpin) has recently suffered some financial setbacks. That means James will have to stay close to home -- Pittsburgh, that is -- for the summer and get a job. With no work experience, he ends up at Adventureland, a third-rate amusement park replete with an assortment of unsafe-looking rides and, as one character puts it, "many shitty games."

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Author : Stephanie Zacharek