Young Adult

Theatrical - Wide 2011-12-09

Cast Charlize Theron Patrick Wilson Patton Oswalt Elizabeth Reaser
Directed by Jason Reitman
Written by Diablo Cody

Genres: Comedy Drama

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Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson). When returning home proves more difficult than she... See more thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate (Patton Oswalt) who hasn’t quite gotten over high school, either.

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