Adventureland

2009 Directed by Greg Mottola

Nothing brings people together like a crappy summer job.

In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.

Jesse Eisenberg Kristen Stewart Martin Starr Bill Hader Kristen Wiig Margarita Levieva Josh Pais Amy Landis Jack Gilpin Wendie Malick Matt Bush Mary Birdsong Paige Howard Dan Bittner Ryan Reynolds Michael Zegen Barret Hackney Kelsey Ford Ryan McFarland Todd Cioppa Stephen Mast Adam Kroloff Kevin Breznahan Marc Grapey Kimisha Renee Davis Russell Steinberg Eric Schaeffer Andrew Ransom Declan Baldwin Show All…

Alternative Titles

Adventureland - Kalandpark, Парк культуры и отдыха

comedy

107 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

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Review by cathy ★★★ 3

Jesse Eisenberg alternating between nice-nerd and asshole-nerd roles: I can be your angle.. or yuor devil
Review by nathaxnne ★★ 4

As a super-high-concept slasher movie in which the slasher fails to show up and the movie just lives out its life until it dies of old age this is kind of brilliant.
Review by özten ★★★★ 2

not to be that bitch but if every character in this were gay it would have been a better movie
Review by Aaron Hendrix ★★★½

Jesse Eisenberg getting punched in the balls, curling into the fetal position, and saying "This is just my life." is basically me every morning.
Review by Jack ★★★★

not a perfect film by any means but this is a film I can rely on whenever I need a laugh, or a cry, or just to fuel my everlasting love for kristen stewart... and for that I’m very grateful.
Review by Jasmine ★★★

rt if you too have a wildly uncontrollable crush on bill hader
Review by amaya ★★ 1

sure, this was just 1h40 of a guy trying to smash kristen stewart but... same
Review by Ella Kemp ★★★½

Why is this soundtrack so good? Why is Joel Maisel there? Why in the world did a romance between *those* two actors...actually just work? Even though I often consider them to be basically the same person? Idk! I’m not mad!
Review by marisa ★★★★½ 1

ok i really want jesse eisenberg to make me a playlist of his fave bummer songs
Review by Andy Summers ★★★½ 4

This week has now seen me watch double doses of both Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg. After Zombieland and Welcome To The Rileys I'm obviously a glutton for punishment , but this coming-of-age comedy/drama has a nostalgia factor that seems to endear it to me for some reason.
Let me be honest, I have a thing for Kristen Stewart. Yes I like Twilight, but that's not it. There's something about her, whether it be her morally suspect attitude towards relationships or something slightly seedier, I like her? She's not the greatest actress in the world, but not everyone has the talent of Katherine Hepburn or Cate Blanchett. You work with what you have, and she's done quite well for herself…
Review by lucy ★★★★

i’m basic so of course i loved this but it was just really enjoyable so
Review by Larry ★★★½ 7

It find it scary how much I can relate to Adventureland. Its not THAT great of a movie, but it fills me with such a swelling nostalgic feeling that reminds me so much of my teen years that its extremely hard to not smile while watching this movie. I actually worked very briefly at an amusement park with my brother in my (very) early teens. I worked a lot of random summer jobs; pizza parlors, retail stores, firework stands, flea markets, and stuff like that. I knew the feeling of late summer nights, hearing the same songs over and over again, and making new friends very very well. This film makes me feel those old feelings and more.
The movie…

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Review by Cain Wilkes ★

One of the most average films that I've ever seen. For the actors involved in this, I would have expected a lot better.
I can maybe forgive those involved for making such a bad film as the majority of them were probably starting out back in 2009 before moving onto bigger and better things.
After finishing this film I had a lightbulb moment and began to think that I might have got this film mixed up with Zombieland? Here's hoping that's better than this.
Review by Ryan Jacobson

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Review by Andrew Widell ★★★

I know (usually) when I write a review I write some witty banter or (and what probably ends up happening) a bad joke. For this however, I can't think of anything.
Not to say that it's a bad movie because it's not. It competently acted and directed with a nice story and a great cast. Some jokes made me laugh, and the dramatic moments work as well. I'm just not sure if I liked it which the last time I remember that happening was when I watched the Fast and Furious spin-off.
Some of the jokes didn't work or maybe they weren't trying to be funny. I don't know. The story does take about a half an hour to actually…
Review by grace ★★★½

not enough bill hader or kristen wiig
Review by em ★★

The year is 2005 and you’re driving home from school. An emo song comes on the radio. You’ve never heard it before, but you kind of have. You don’t change the channel, and you even bop your head along to the song a little bit, but you don’t buy it on iTunes. That’s what this movie feels like.
Review by high speed kale ★★★★

After watching American Ultra, I needed more Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart, and this movie delivers. I kind of loved it!! Something about the 80s color and aesthetic feels super comforting, and Eisenberg and Stewart have such a sweet chemistry. Definitely adding to the comfort movie rotation.
Review by Houston ★★★½

Another installment in the “movies where Jesse Eisenberg talks about wanting to be in an exclusive Ivy League club to a girl way too hot for him” series
Review by lukemasom ★★★

games games games games games
Review by Vincent Erauw ★★★★½

8,5/10
Well directed teenage romcom without the cheesy stuff. The summer-vibe in this film is excellent. Makes you feel nostalgic.
Review by Charlotte ★★★★½

i have never worked at a theme park in 1987 but this made me nostalgic for that experience
Review by Bluray_marc ★★★★

Lovely movie. Honestly for For every movie ive seen with Eissenberg and Stewart, they keep growing on me. They both get alot of uneccessary slack. Both great actors.
Review by Gonzo McNulty ★★★★

I don't think this gets the credit it deserves, especially in the pantheon of teen rom-coms. It's rather sweet and funny, capturing Eisenberg at a point where he'd not become so insipid and Stewart when she wasn't so criminally uninteresting and unlikable.
The supporting cast are great too, with a performance from Ryan Reynolds that shows he can put down some douchey layers to his now-standard fast mouthed schtick.
It's a little gem of a film that holds up brilliantly actually, certainly for something of this ilk. After all, when was the last time you felt any compunction to watch STATEN ISLAND SUMMER again for example?