Jason Reitman to Direct Diablo Cody's Young Adult

[xwolverine2]

i was sold until i read charlize theron was the lead... blaahhg i hate her

id still watch it... diablo cody is amazing

 

[xwolverine2]

Really? Poor direction? That was one of the worst movies I've seen recently and most of it was the script. Diablo Cody's writing is awful, it's just hipster language. Juno would've been a lot better if the main characters weren't hipsters.

i happened to really enjoy jennifers body lol

 

[Crockett]

i was sold until i read charlize theron was the lead... blaahhg i hate her

id still watch it... diablo cody is amazing

I think she's alright, not one of my favorites but teaming up with Reitman in the lead role in a movie which it's described as being more darker than Reitman's previous works and add to that Coby's writing the script, I can't help but being excited to see the end results.


Reposting the poster due to new page.

 

[Sith Scotti]

Juno was a fantastic film . Better than Up in the Air by a country mile .

 

[redhawk23]

That poster is genius.

 

[kedrell]

Loved Up In The Air & Thank You For Smoking. Still gotta hunt down the bozo who tricked me into going to see Juno(God, what a piece of crap!). Have little faith in this film. Probably will skip it and look forward to Reitman's next film after that.

 

[Crockett]

The first pic has also arrived.

 

[dark_b]

i have a feeling that this will be like in Bad teacher where they will maker her 80% loko hot. like a supermodel.

 

[Crockett]

Trailer

 

[Octoberist]

Really? Poor direction? That was one of the worst movies I've seen recently and most of it was the script. Diablo Cody's writing is awful, it's just hipster language. Juno would've been a lot better if the main characters weren't hipsters.

Jennifers Body was bad but the Hipster vibe worked for Juno.

But you have to think that trends relect the era and hipsters have trendended into our culture where you'll see can gangbangers wearing skinny jeans without thinking twice about it.

If you think about it, John Hughes movies had proto-hipster characters so it's nothing new.

 

[Project862006]

i hated up in the air by far the most boring movie i have ever seen

juno i loved

 

[Octoberist]

Up in the Air works if you're a bit older. I'm 27 but I think I'm able to identify with the 'generational gap theme' better.

 

[Ultra Lantern]

This looks interesting.I'll see this movie when it comes out.

 

[TDK Joker]

I hadn't heard of this until a few weeks ago. I was probably always going to see it, but after seeing the trailer, I'm completely sold. Quite looking forward to it, in fact.

 

[dark_b]

Theron and Oswalt are at the end together?

 

[Hunter Rider]

This seems to lack the breezy charm of Reitman's previous movies.

 

[flickchick85]

This seems to lack the breezy charm of Reitman's previous movies.

I'd consider that a good thing, tbh. I wasn't sure about this movie before (I'm lukewarm on both Reitman and Cody's work - I've neither loved nor hated anything they've I've seen from them), but after that trailer, I'm sold. "We can beat this thing together" just kills me.

And though I think she's a very good dramatic actress, as an Arrested Development nut, I love to see Charlize doing comedy.

 

[Sawyer]

God, I hated Juno.

This looks funny, though.

 

[redhawk23]

Just got back from a screening of this in St. Louis.

I don't have time to write a full review right now but I will say I liked it a lot. I'd put it on par with Up in the Air though its fairly different.

The movie has comedic elements but as earlier reports have shown it is ultimately a fairly dark film.

The performances are pretty great all around.

For the first time in what seems like a long time, Patrick Wilson made it through a film without his ass exposed.

 

[TheFuture]

I'd agree with redhawk, while it is humourous, I certainly wouldn't call this film a comedy. It's actually quite sad and at times unsettling as I think we can all relate to Mavis in the sense that even if you weren't popular in your youth, it's still hard to let go and fully embrace adulthood.

This is definitely a film driven by the central performance and Theron did an amazing job. She continues to be one of the few actresses that does not irritate me and is genuinely brilliant at what she does....and she continues to look absolutely breathtaking in her beauty.

I have to give props to Patton Oswalt as well as I felt that when he shared the screen with Theron, the film was at its best.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

I love that Patton Oswalt is starting to do movies, he's awesome. hilarious, yet also able to do dramatic stuff. I wonder if he'll ever get into screenwriting, he mentioned that he tried writing a script once during one of his stand up routines.

 

[chamber-music]

This film was alright. Chralize Theron's character Mavis is crazy as hell lol.

 

[redhawk23]

This film deserves far more love than it has received. Tonally the movie is a bit odd, but that is not a bad thing. As others have said, its ultimately quite sad, and Mavis more than a little unsettling but really that's what sets this movie apart.

 

[Raiden]

I look forward to see this on DVD; Theron is definitely one of my favorite actresses.

 

[MadVillainy]

Just saw this last night. It was pretty good. Teron gave a really good perfromance. Oswalt was nice too, although I dont feel like he got snubbed for an OScar. The ending was bad though. I find myself disliking endings in a movie like this.

7/10