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Adult World
2014
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Positive Reviews
16
Negative reviews
5
Average Rating
3.1
/5
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2.5
Never quite fully delivers much more than yet another oh poor me take on post collegiate struggles in the cold, cruel 21st Century.
Rogerebert
2.5
A series of misfortunes, though, finds Amy temporarily rooming with Rubia (Armando Riesco), a caustic transgender person with a heart of gold but limi ..
Variety
2.5
It never commits to a genre, and the tonal uncertainty is extremely frustrating.
We Got This Covered
3.0
What could possibly have led our heroine to this terrible state.Scott Coffeys refreshingly sharp edged (except when it isnt) black comedy quickly flas ..
Time Out
2.5
Theres a film somewhere in here about Rubia and Amy, and its a good one, but its not the film Coffey and Cochran are interested in making, which is a ..
2.5
An interesting premise is executed in only sporadically effective comic fashion in Adult World, about a young woman determined to be a great poet.
The Hollywood Reporter
5.0
I really feel a lot! declares Amy (Emma Roberts), a pushy 22 year old aspiring poet in Scott Coffeys smart but wince inducing satirical comedy Adult W ..
The New York Times
3.0
Theres potential for a great coming of age film here, but while innocuously entertaining, Adult World is missing both substance and, at times, any moo ..
Paste Magazine
5.0
Meanwhile, Amy develops an artistic crush on Rat Billings (a hilariously droll John Cusack), a cranky, onetime poetry icon who perhaps too convenientl ..
1.0
Theres also her belated entry into the workforce, which her parents fret over and which Amy remedies by taking a job in a pornographic video store.Oh, ..
Ny Daily News
1.5
That said, she shouldnt shoulder all of the blame, as Amys such an unlikable brat its doubtful anyone could have really made this work.ADULT WORLD is ..
JoBlo
3.1
But actor turned director Scott Coffey lets the laugh out loud moments in Andy Cochrans script zing.
Rogers Movie Nation
2.0
10 1 4 / 10 Adult World strives to articulate the test of maturity facing todays college graduates as they move from adolescence to responsibility whi ..
Blu Ray
2.0
John Cusacks days as a handsome lead may be drawing to a close, but the well of bitterness hes been building up for more than a decade guarantees him ..
Chicago Reader
3.1
In a week packed with 80s remakes, its great to see one of that decades enduring icons, John Cusack, still working at the top of his game as a once fa ..
New York Post
4.0
Scott Coffey directs with an affectionately loose hand, giving full value to the writing as well as the strong, convincing performances.
Film Journal International ..
3.5
Its packed with independent film cliches, yet director Scott Coffey manages to rise above them, thanks largely to the performances of Emma Roberts and ..
Az Central
3.0
In the end Amy may or may not have the chops (or the luck) to make it as a poet, but this amiable, occasionally sharp eyed movie makes us understand a ..
Npr
3.5
In my mind, Cusack is still a movie star and a generational icon, but at best one of those things is still true.
Salon
3.0
Scott Coffey has a face that most children of the 1980s will recognize.The character actor appeared in teen movies like Satisfaction and Shag, but Ill ..
Oregon Live
3.1
Does literary success come from life experience or talent and imagination
Red Eye Chicago
3.5
so much vivid, irrepressible life shoving through the narratives seams that its structural defects can be forgiven, or at least largely ignored.
The Dissolve
4.4
Adult World is a must see comedy.Heartwarming and beautifully tender, the only flaw the film suffers is being a smidge too long.
Awards Circuit
3.0
But much like its dogged, earnest central character, Adult World earns an A for effort.
Movie Mezzanine
4.0
RECOMMENDED An often exquisite mess, Scott Coffeys Adult World capably captures the pretensions and confusions of a certain age, in both fond and sati ..
New City Film
2.5
Its possibly supposed to be a big old teachable experience for Amy, and maybe for the audience too.
M Tv
2.0
Strangely enough, the tweens who could glean something from what is really a coming of age feature would not be able to watch it because of the scatte ..
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