Young Adult

2011 • 93 minutes

About this movie

Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron stars as Mavis Gary, a 37-year-old former prom queen, and current writer of young adult novels, who returns home to relive her glory days and win back her now-married high school sweetheart. When she finds her homecoming more challenging than expected, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate and both must face the harsh realities of growing up in this brilliant and bittersweet story critics are hailing as a "one-of-a kind comedy"* and "quirky, funny, heartfelt."** *Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly** Manny, DeLa Rose, NBC TV

Ratings and reviews

This movie is not for everyone. If you look something to deep into with or if you want to be a writer in the making, this movie is for you! Love Charlize Theron here. She's the best

Charlize theron was great actress

She's a great actress.