MOVIE REVIEW - Adventureland (2009)

Many elements of this coming-of-age story were enjoyable. Though her role was small, Kristen Wiig was typically hilarious (loved the scene where she was cheering on the sidelines while her husband called the fake horse race). Other than her constant playing with her hair and her dour frowns, Kristen Stewart was more enjoyable and prettier here than in Twilight (a low bar, admittedly). Ryan Reynolds played a sleazy adulterer, but he played it likeably and with gusto. But I don't care for movies that portray smoking pot as the norm for teens, movies advocating sleeping with the next girl as the pinnacle of teen existence. Jesse Eisenberg is very annoying as the lead, with his brainy hesitant social awkwardness, stammering in every sentence. Mostly, the movie made me nervous for my 16-year-old niece who will be working at Holiday World this summer.