Movie review: Young Adults

Where should I start? Maybe apologize for being away too long! I can give all the excuses but I cannot run away from the fact that I let all of you down. When I started this blog a few years back, It was of a mentality to put an end to my low financial status especially after getting inspired by aunt Linda and Co. who are raking in millions per day from their blogs. 
But as time went on none of that seemed to matter, as I enjoyed watching how the visits to my blog increased inspiring me to keep writing.

Well in the last 2 years since I have been off, I got married to the most beautiful woman who gave me three precious gifts, a set of twin boys and a girl!  I am so fulfilled! Now, I can use that as my alibi for not putting up any posts, but instead I will be the bigger man and say that I am SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SORRY for letting you guys down and I hope you all will find it in your hearts to forgive me for my laziness.

Now back to business!

Young Adults! I watched this movie today and I was kinda impressed at Chalize Theron's performance! She plays Mavis Gray, a divorced washed up young adult writer on the brink of a psychotic meltdown.

One morning Mavis wakes up to an email by her high school sweetheart, Buddy Slade played by Patrick Wilson (Guardians of the Galaxy) that his wife just gave birth to a baby girl. Instead Mavis decides to head back to  her hometown Mercury, Minneapolis where Patrick still resides with his family, on a mission to get him back.

There she bumps into an old high schoolmate, Matt Freehauf played by Patton Oswalt (Agents of Shield) at a bar and in her drunk state lets the cat of the bag about her mission back home. Matt who then develops some kind of friendship with Mavis now tasks himself with the responsibility  to try and discourage her from carrying out her evil plan as it may blow up in her face!

I like the movie Young Adult thanks to Charlize Theron's bringing some kind of dark side to the comedy with the portrayal of the character Mais Gray while also playing up the pathetically sad drama part showing how people choose to be miserable when they shield themselves from reality and are highly absolved in their own pettiness. 

Although the movie was produced four years ago, its one I will still recommend to be seen. To confess I didn't know there are books that are classified young adult literature until I watched this movie!

The film received generally positive reviews, scoring 80% positive reviews out of 173 from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. 

Rotten Tomatoes- "Young Adult is a funny and ultimately powerful no-holds-barred examination of prolonged adolescence, thanks largely to a convincing performance by Charlize Theron."

Young Adult is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman starring Charlize Theron playing the lead character Mavis Gray.