Adventureland

You know that actress, Kristen Stewart? From that horrible movie Twilight? Well, once upon a time she was in a good movie. And that movie was Adventureland (2009).
The title is pretty self-explanatory; Adventureland is a theme park which employs teenagers looking for jobs to pay for college. James (Jesse Eisenberg) is one of these teenagers, who tries to get people to play at his game; even though the customers are being blatantly ripped off. But it's not all too bad; James falls in love with punk girl Em (a wonderful Kristen Stewart). James and Em end up in a very close relationship, but Em has been having a long-running affair with a much older and married Mike (Ryan Reynolds). While it seems like this film has all the clichés from the book in it, it's surprisingly original. For starters, Superbad director Greg Mottola has employed a great soundtrack to go with each scene, perfectly fitting the time period of a 1987 summer. Then he got the perfect cast: a lovable Eisenberg; a great Stewart; a cool Reynolds; plus the comic chops from Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig. Yes, Superbad was hilarious, but Adventureland is the definition of a cool teenage flick, reminiscent of 80's comedies like The Breakfast Club.
Adventureland is funny, heart-breaking, dramatic, uber-awesome and worthy of your time. Just don't go expecting Kristen Stewart to be the perfect little Bella she was in Twilight; rather, expect to see her swearing, taking drugs and being seriously stuffed up. This is definitely one of the better films of 2009.
8/10