Young Adult

Charlize Theron might very well have outdone her remarkable performance in Monster with her take on a narcissistic ghost writer of Young Adult books in this pitch-black comedy. Director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody reteamed 4 years after the Oscar-winning Juno to give us one of the great navel-gazers in modern film history. Their flick didn’t find much of an audience 10 years ago, perhaps because of the surprising ending that we both loved. Or maybe Joe Average Moviegoer found Patrick Wilson’s character to be as confusing as we did and maybe they also thought his typically bland performance wasn’t enough to offset great work by the polar-opposite Patton Oswalt. Anyway, don’t be a dismissive bully. Just flop face-first on the bed after you’ve had a KFC binge (and feed your dog!) as we tell personal stories and rave about Young Adult in the 391st Ellises’ Analysis. Also, fire off questions, comments & criticism at us on Twitter (@moviefiend51 & @bevellisellis) or via email ([email protected]) because we’ll be doing a “Victoria Day Grab Bag” on May 24th. It’ll be a hybrid episode as we make movie recommendations, burn through some trivia questions and answer your questions and/or accept your gentle abuse. Well, Actually: Diablo Cody’s birth name is Brook Busey. Unless you prefer to guzzle Diet Coke straight out of the bottle every morning, we want to entice you to try out Sparkplug Coffee. They’ll provide you with excellent coffee beans and a one-time 20% discount if you drop in our promo code (“top100project”). Our website is top100project.com Do you dig sports movies? Ryan has a podcast about that topic on Scoring At The Movies