Amy, a naive college graduate who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job at a sex shop while she pursues a mentorship with reclusive writer Rat Billings.
Adult World does have some smart, funny and wincingly painful things to say about the desire to make art vs. the desire to be famous for it.
– Bruce Ingram,
Chicago Sun-Times,
7 Mar 2014
rotten:
Roberts is completely over-the-top here, her frantic, unfunny performance serving only to highlight Cusack's caginess and restraint.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
6 Mar 2014
rotten:
"Adult World" is a coming-of-age story in which the starting age seems to be approximately 9. As a result, it just doesn't work.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
28 Feb 2014
fresh:
It's packed with independent-film cliches, yet director Scott Coffey manages to rise above them, thanks largely to the performances of Emma Roberts and John Cusack.
– Bill Goodykoontz,
Arizona Republic,
27 Feb 2014
fresh:
A smart, incisive comedy about a recent college grad's booby-trapped immersion into real life.