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Young Adult
2011
· Movie
· 94 min
C
MEANRANK
61/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3811
- IMDb #3920
- Google retired #3503
- Rotten Tomatoes #2832
- Metacritic #1963
- Letterboxd #3199
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2029
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4095
- Metacritic Critics #1356
- Metacritic Audience #3168
- Criticker #1743
- Kinopoisk #4875
- AlloCiné #4648
- Trakt #4684
Every rating
48–80
out of 100
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 48, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 80. Critics average 76, everyone else 58.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.
Details
- Director
- Jason Reitman
- Writer
- Diablo Cody
- Released
- 11 November 2011
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $12.0M
- Box office
- $22.9M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 10 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 13 →3 wins from 13 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2012 | Best Supporting Actor | Patton Oswalt | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2012 | Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2012 | Best Original Screenplay | Diablo Cody | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2012 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 2012 | Best Original Screenplay | Diablo Cody | Nominee |
| American Cinema Editors 2012 | Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical | Dana E. Glauberman | Nominee |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival 2012 | Chairman's Vanguard Award | Jason Reitman (director) Diablo Cody (writer) Charlize Theron (actress) Patton Oswalt (actor) | Winner |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2012 | Virtuoso Award | Patton Oswalt | Winner |
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Diablo Cody | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Patton Oswalt | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Diablo Cody | Nominee |
Hollywood Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Screenwriter of the Year | Diablo Cody | Winner |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Chairman's Vanguard Award | Jason Reitman (director) Diablo Cody (writer) Charlize Theron (actress) Patton Oswalt (actor) | Winner |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Virtuoso Award | Patton Oswalt | Winner |
American Cinema Editors
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical | Dana E. Glauberman | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Patton Oswalt | Nominee |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress - Motion Picture | Charlize Theron | Nominee |
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Patton Oswalt | Nominee |