Young Adult (2011)

 "Everyone gets old. Not everyone grows up"

Director / Jason Reitman

STARS:

Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary

 Patton Oswalt as Matt Freehauf

Patrick Wilson as Buddy Slade

Mavis Gary, once the high school 'It Girl', now an alcoholic divorcee who writes a soon to be canceled young adult fiction series, takes the decision to return to her childhood home in Minnesota. There she embarks on a plan to win back her former sweetheart, Buddy. The fact that Buddy is now married with a baby doesn't dissuade her. Along the way, she forms a bond with Matt Freehauf, another former classmate, who has been left disabled by a beating he took from a bunch of jocks.

while watching the movie felt some deja vu...

8/10