Metacritic Movie Ratings
Adventureland Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 91

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  For nostalgia junkies, it's one from the heart.

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• 80

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  Greg Mottola has taken that most overdone of contemporary genres, the coming-of-age story, and made it engaging, bittersweet and even fun.

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• 80

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  Somehow the story of a young man's coming of age never gets old, at least when it is told with the kind of sweetness and intelligence Adventureland displays.

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• 80

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  With a keen affection for his own formative years, filmmaker Greg Mottola has crafted a funny and spunky amusement

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• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  What surprised me was how much I admired Kristen Stewart, who in "Twilight," was playing below her grade level. Here is an actress ready to do important things. Together, and with the others, they make Adventureland more real and more touching than it may sound.

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• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  A rather ordinary account of youthful summer misadventures that goes down easily thanks to a sparky cast, more than 40 pop tunes that anchor the action in the late '80s and characters who get high both on and off their jobs at a tacky amusement park.

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• 63

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Mottola, who wrote and directed 1996's "The Daytrippers," crafts smart, witty dialogue. But the movie suffers in tone. While much of the story feels like a brainier John Hughes comedy, it veers into more dramatic terrain and loses focus.

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