Young Adult

Guardian“Features a poignant performance from Charlize Theron...” Again, Cody has worked with director Jason Reitman, and again she has created a sharp, funny and watchable black comedy about those people for whom, to quote the old saying, real life is just high school with money...

The Independent“A brilliant first hour, and then a hopeless fizzle...” Young Adult is a very good film. Too bad it could have been a great one...

The Telegraph“A mouthwateringly sour anti-romantic comedy...” It’s a hugely satisfying case of right actress, right role, and the dividends are only compounded by the presence of the right director...

this is london“One of the most sophisticated American films of the past year...” Here is a film that could have been awful but is so carefully nuanced that it is one of the most satisfying of the year...

Radio Times“A caustic and self-consciously quirky satire...” In showing Mavis a warmth and kindness she really doesn't deserve, the heroic misfit personifies the story's underlying moral message and adds emotional depth to an otherwise slight affair...

Film4“It's so rare that women get to play fully rounded, flawed human beings...” If you're fed up with candy floss films but in no mood to eat your Oscar oatmeal, try this: a sour gooseberry sorbet of a movie. And we mean that as a compliment...

Little White Lies“Daring and different but just way too dark...” Young Adult isn’t what you’re expecting. It’s a funny one. Actually, it isn’t that funny at all. This new ‘comedy’ from the makers of Juno is, in fact, one of the strangest, darkest films of the year...

Empire“Theron is so unbridled and yet so perfectly nuanced...” Smart, honest, sickeningly funny and supremely well judged in the writing, direction and acting...

Total Film “Theron revels in her selfish actions and waspish, un-PC sentiments...” Theron gives a fearless performance in a dark comedy of no manners that’s as acerbic and mordant as Juno was warm and embracing. Jason was the Reitman for the job...

Time Out“Charlize Theron gives her best performance in years...” There is a raw honesty here rare in movies, and it’s very funny too – excruciating at times...