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IMDb rating 6.8
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Critic rating 8.4

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Critic Ian Nathan
rated 8

...plays the ’80s card for something heartfelt.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 8

...a tremendously funny and touching coming-of-age story...

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Nathan Rabin
rated 8

In Adventureland, Eisenberg learns the hard way that amusement parks aren’t the only place with games rigged so the honest and trusting always lose.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Roger Ebert
rated 8

Director Greg Mottola, who made the rather wonderful “Superbad,” is back now with a sweeter story, more quietly funny, again about a hero who believes he may be a virgin outstaying his shelf life.

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Fredrik Adolvsson
rated 10

...formade med unika fingertoppar, som visar att det här är historier av människor som minns hur det var att vara ung.

Read full review at Moviezine

Cast & Crew

Greg Mottola
Director
Bill Hader
As Bobby
Ryan Reynolds
As Mike Connell
Kristen Wiig
As Paulette
Wendie Malick
As Mrs. Brennan
Jesse Eisenberg
As James Brennan
Martin Starr
As Joel

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In the summer of 1987, James Brennan, a recent college graduate, is forced to work at a local amusement park, Adventureland, instead of pursuing his dream of touring Europe. He meets Em Lewin, a coworker who shares his love of music, and they develop a complicated relationship amidst the backdrop of a run-down amusement park and a cast of eccentric characters.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Adventureland include Wild Tales, Delivery, Crazy, Stupid, Love., The Wolf of Wall Street, New York, I Love You, Last Holiday.

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Adventureland was released in theaters on April 3, 2009.