Young Adult


We here at Blogagaard saw the film Young Adult this past week as part of our lady friend's birthday spectacular. Man, there's something about small Minnesota towns that drives people crazy. Or maybe they make people who grow up within their little boundaries and fiefdoms slightly off-kilter before they flutter out into the world (or never leave) and that craziness just grows and grows for the rest of their crazy days.

I'm not going to review the film or anything here, but I do want to say how I liked A) the tiny fluffy white dog B) the dark wellspring of humor running beneath it all C) seeing Patton Oswalt in a perfect role for him and D) the scene where the main character, YA author Mavis Gary, tries to sign her own books in a bookstore despite the protests of the store clerk, who is worried about returning them to the publisher. This is pretty much how it is out there for mid-list authors-please sign one or two copies, but not much more. You probably won't sell here.

5 comments:

Brady said...

Did you see Big Fan with Oswalt?

Brady

David Oppegaard said...

Yes. Brutal movie!

T.A. Wardrope said...

I am not convinced the dark humor is meant to be all that humorous. This is a mean movie, closer to a Neil LaBute film than Juno. Anyway, I'm working it into my next film blog essay.

David Oppegaard said...

Yes, sometimes the mean is just mean and searing, but in a way, that's funny, too. At least to crazy ex-small townies like me.

David Oppegaard said...

I also liked that Mpls was supposed to be this magical big city place to everyone in Mercury. I remember when I felt that way, too.

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