Additional information for Adventureland, which has a domestic theatrical release set for April 3, 2009. The film is being distributed by Miramax Films and has not yet been rated. The film's total running time is still unknown.
R
USA
16
Argentina
15
UK
15
Ireland
14A
Canada
M
New Zealand
12
Iceland
R-18
Philippines
M18
Singapore
M
Australia
15
South Korea
Adventureland
Hungary
Adventureland
Italy
Adventureland - Un verano memorable
Argentina
Adventureland - pöörane suvi
Estonia
Zoi... san luna park
Greece
January 19, 2009
USA
March 15, 2009
USA
March 27, 2009
Argentina
March 28, 2009
Hungary
April 3, 2009
Canada
April 3, 2009
USA
May 22, 2009
Turkey
May 28, 2009
Australia
May 29, 2009
Iceland
June 4, 2009
Argentina
June 12, 2009
South Africa
June 21, 2009
UK
July 1, 2009
Estonia
July 10, 2009
Italy
July 10, 2009
Romania
July 16, 2009
Hungary
July 22, 2009
Philippines
July 24, 2009
Ecuador
July 30, 2009
Germany
September 11, 2009
UK
September 20, 2009
Greece
September 24, 2009
Spain
October 25, 2009
Austria
It was the worst job they ever imagined... and the best time of their lives.
Nothing brings people together like a crappy summer job.
Long hours. Low pay. High times.
Arriving with what prove to be outsized expectations for raucous humor on the basis of "Superbad," Greg Mottola's "Adventureland" unspools as a rather ordinary account of youthful summer misadventures that goes down easily thanks to a sparkly 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. Thanks especially to the presence of leading lady Kristen Stewart in a role she filmed prior to "Twlight," the pic should spin good returns for Miramax on its March 27 release.
Based on the experiences he had working at a Long Island amusement, Mottola cooks up a passable amount of mischief to occupy the late- teen/early-20s misfits who work as ride and game operators at Pittsburgh's Adventureland in the summer of '87. Writer-director's evident stand-in is James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg of "The Squid and the Whale"), who's forced to take any summer job he can get when his European trip is dashed and his autumn date with grad school at Columbia is jeopardized by his alcoholic father's fall from grace at work.
For a Reagan-era pothead, James is a terribly serious, woefully earnest guy who offers up his SAT scores when applying for low-end summer positions. He also somehow has emerged from college still a virgin, but his saving grace as far as his Adventureland cohorts are concerned is that he's always has some weed. This makes the days go by easier, and also fuels the night, which the gawky James surprises himself by chastely spending with the alluring but massively screwed up Em (Kristen Stewart), who works at the park only as a way or getting away from her father and unbearable new stepmother.
What James doesn't know is that Em is having a clandestine affair with older local musician and handyman Mike Connell (Ryan Reynolds), to whom James sometimes confesses his amorous feelings for Em. Adding further to the equation is a flirty cupcake Lisa P. (Margarita Levieva), a known virgin-for-life who nonetheless encourages James' attentions.
The set-up provides plenty of opportunity for crude humor, Mottola indulges with abundant involving puking, groin pinches, drunk and stoned behavior, and lax work habits. But his real interest is the navigation of dubious emotional and ethical straits by immature characters who make serious mistakes while trying to feel their way out of their unhappiness.
The filmmakers' investment in James' sudden loss of a safety net, Em's justifiable distress at home, and brainy stoner Joel's (Martin Starr) fury over a one-time date's anti-Semitism is genuine as far as it goes, but little that happens here is particularly surprising, especially the occurrence of some virginity divestment at the end.
Rather off-putting at first with his furrowed-brow attitude, Eisenberg's James becomes increasingly palatable as the summer progresses. Stewart impresses again with her steady, clear-eyed gaze and sense of self. Nice comic turns are put in by Starr as the Gogol-reading outcast and Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig as the goofball but dedicated park owners.
Greg Mottola
Director(s)
Greg Mottola
Writer(s)
Declan Baldwin
co-producer
Anne Carey
producer
Scott Ferguson
line producer: additional photography
Ted Hope
producer
William Horberg
executive producer
Sidney Kimmel
producer
Bruce Toll
executive producer
Producer(s)
Yo La Tengo
Composer(s)
James Brennan
Jesse Eisenberg
Arlene
Kelsey Ford
Eric
Michael Zegen
Brad
Ryan McFarland
Mr. Brennan
Jack Gilpin
Mrs. Brennan
Wendie Malick
Tommy Frigo
Matt Bush
Velvet Touch Manager
Todd Cioppa
Rich
Stephen Mast
Paulette
Kristen Wiig
Bobby
Bill Hader
Joel
Martin Starr
Adult Contestant
Adam Kroloff
Em Lewin
Kristen Stewart
Molly Hatchet T-Shirt Guy
Kevin Breznahan
Panda Con Dad
Marc Grapey
Mike Connell
Ryan Reynolds
Sue O'Malley
Paige Howard
Pete O'Malley
Dan Bittner
Loud Kid #1
Moe Slinger
Loud Kid #2
Jesse Slinger
Barfing Kid
Jack Baldwin
Munch
Barret Hackney
Lisa P
Margarita Levieva
Kelly
Kimisha Renee Davis
Foreigner Tribute Band Singer
Russell Steinberg
Foreigner Tribute Band Member
Andrew Ransom
Foreigner Tribute Band Member
Joe Sanderson
Foreigner Tribute Band Member
Cliff Chen
Foreigner Tribute Band Member
Rob Orr
Foreigner Tribute Band Member
Eric Schaeffer
Ronnie Connell (as Vanessa Wanger)
Vanessa Hope
Mr. Lewin
Josh Pais
Francy
Mary Birdsong
Nicky
Gennaro DiSilvio
Nicky's Girlfriend
Alexis Ferrante
Denny (Nicky's Pal)
Joe Pawlenko
Joel's Younger Brother
Zack Palmer
Male Customer
Declan Baldwin
Wealthy Prepster
Ian Harding
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A comedy set in the summer of 1987 and centered around a recent college grad (Eisenberg) who 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.
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Writer(s)
co-producer
Anne Carey
producer
Scott Ferguson
line producer: additional photography
Ted Hope
producer
William Horberg
executive producer
Sidney Kimmel
producer
Bruce Toll
executive producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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