A writer of young adult novels returns to her hometown intent on winning back her high school great love.
An easily enjoyable movie as it ingeniously combines painful truths with comedy and irony. The main character is a sort of anti-heroine with all kinds of problems, including mental ones. She is an immature adult, used to getting their way effortlessly (due to a privileged childhood and her popularity during high school), with illusions of grandeur, who creates logical fantasies about her potential other half, likely just an escapism attempt after difficult to accept events in her personal life. Charlize Theron is adorable as the aforementioned heroine, very believable and easy to pity. Her new friendship with a former colleague, initially quite difficult to imagine, is one of the strengths of the film, and probably the only opportunity for the character to show her true face and feelings.
The ending is a bit controversial, given the impression that there was actually no problem, but I think the author's intention (Diablo Cody of course) was to emphasize that if the person in question wasn't someone like Charlize Theron, the situation would be just plainly sad.Writer: Diablo Cody
Directed by: Jason Reitman
With: Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser
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