Adult World

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Shawn S. @ShawnChristopher Mar 30, 2026 Adult World is an underrated comedy like Juno. I thoroughly enjoyed both pictures. Outstanding soundtracks. This story needs an ending is all. B+ See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jun 16, 2025 Unfunny in 1 hour and 37 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Jerod S @jeroduptown Jul 18, 2024 Ironic that Roberts is a terrible writer in a film with terrible writing. Cusack is supposed to be her poetry muse - but it's all just dumb. See more Jeffrey P @vanillavoodoo1 Aug 23, 2022 An alternative independent movie that's well-acted with a little charm to it. I don't know what else to say about it... it didn't entangle itself or lose my interest, and that's alot compared to what I've been watching recently. See more Ben D @RT87620530 May 4, 2021 Sure, there are plenty of films concerning the post-graduate, early twentysomething with a worthless degree, but Adult World offers a fun, funny, and at times endearing take on the sub-genre, even if Amy (Emma Roberts) can be painfully obnoxious. I had first seen this film around 2015–2016 and remember enjoying it — unlike most films of the niche genre that have the protag move to NYC or L.A. to make their art, Adult World keeps us in snowy Syracuse, NY, where Amy graduated from the eponymous university. With an RT (54/38), I don't understand the hate. Amy is a stand-in for the entitled 21st-century college graduate who was told — by parents, professors, awards, SAT scores — that they were special. This is literally the climax of the movie, where Amy throws a temper-tantrum in front of her (prior) mentor and (prior) poetic wunderkind, Rat Billings (John Cusack). Cloris Leachman plays a minor role as the pornography store owner and Evan Peters plays the store's manager and vacillating love-interest for Amy, who has a surprising arch himself. But the most notable character has to be Rubia (Armando Riesco), a trans woman who begrudgingly befriends Amy and has ¾ of the film's laugh-out-loud funny lines. Rubia is everything Amy is not: experienced and a graduate of the "School of Hard Knocks" (or maybe SUNY-Cortland). What Rat does to Amy is beyond cruel, however, which she seems to forgive way too easily. Also, Amy makes a huge deal about meeting the poet, who is also a resident of Syracuse and professor at the school from which she just majored in poetry? He teaches a class there, but she has to chase him down in a parking lot after a signing? If Rat was literally her favorite (living) poet, I assumed she would've signed up for his class or at least met him during office hours — albeit, Rat Billings does not seem like the kind of professor to keep office hours. Adult World is about that time of your life when the idealist artiste is still fully alive within you and hasn't been obliterated by the crushing gravity of the Real World, yet. See more Dec 2, 2020 I'm surprised this movie doesn't have better reviews. With great actors and a humorous script, it offers a good perspective on early adulthood in the 21st century. The music is timed well and the main characters are developed adequately. See more Read all reviews

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