Young Adult - Awards  79% Certified Fresh

Release Date: December 9, 2011

Studio/Distributor: Mandate Pictures/Paramount Pictures

Running Time: 94 minutes

Director: Jason Reitman

Synopsis: Reitman reunites with Oscar winning scripter Diablo Cody ("Juno") for this story of a divorced fiction writer (Oscar winner Charlize Theron) who returns to her small-town home in the hopes of reuniting with her now married ex-boyfriend (Patrick Wilson) and finds a new friend (Patton Oswalt).

Reception: Rotten Tomatoes Top Critics: 83%

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