In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
As a sweet-natured character comedy - and a subtle exercise in generic boundary-pushing - this is a real charmer.
– Tom Huddleston,
Time Out,
11 Sep 2009
fresh:
The story is semi-autobiographical, but has a gentler touch than his prior work on Superbad, and certainly relies less on slapstick episodes.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
6 Apr 2009
fresh:
Audiences expecting another dumb wallow will be startled, and I hope enlivened, by this movie's core of feeling.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
6 Apr 2009
rotten:
The youths of Superbad were a little bit younger, a little more likable, their dirty-virgin wit more hilarious [than in Adventureland].
– Amy Biancolli,
Houston Chronicle,
3 Apr 2009
fresh:
Adventureland isn't as clever as Kicking, and not nearly as hilarious as Superbad, but it's still a sweet little memory ache, a Proustian cookie co-flavored with semiotics and Whitesnake.