Saw the movie 'Young Adult,' starring Charlize Theron playing an aging beauty, Mavis, who returns to her home town of Mercury, where she tries to resume a relationship with her now-married high school love interest, Buddy, played by Patrick Wilson. She deliberately sets out to woo Buddy and break up his marriage, notwithstanding warnings from the high school geek, Patton Oswalt, who becomes her unlikely companion during this escapade. Mavis believes that make up, a manicure and a pedicure will allow her to resume her status of 20 years earlier, which was based on the popularity that beauty alone provides to a teenager. She fails to see, however, that her high school alumni and her home town are not the same even if she thinks she is. Just like the book series Mavis writes as ghost author which loses its popularity because of a fading story line, this movie explores how people can turn out much the same way if they fail to evolve. Whether Mavis retains her narcissistic self notwithstanding her experience as an adult returning to Mercury is what we are left to decide. This movie is probably not for the popular audience, but for Theron's excellent performance and the sometimes outrageous exchanges with geek Patton, you should try to see this movie. 6/10.
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