Directed by Jason Reitman, Young Adult is the story of Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron) a writer of YA (Young Adult) fiction struggling to finish the final book in a once-popular series. One day while she’s avoiding deadline by reading her emails, she discovers a birth announcement from her high school boyfriend, Buddy Slade (Patrick Wilson). Thinking it odd to get such an email unless it was a cry for help from someone trapped in a loveless marriage (Buddy was the one who got away from her in the past), Mavis jumps in the car and heads back to her hometown to steal Buddy from the life she imagines he hates. Young Adult never goes for the easy answers when it comes to human relationships. Diablo Cody’s script is painfully blunt at times, but refreshing in the way it avoids clichés and audience expectations. Reitman does the smart thing and uses the camera to frame the actors and let them do their thing without a lot of forced visual flair. You barely know the camera moves, so when it does, you pay attention.
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