Thank You for Smoking, Juno and Up in the Air; can director Jason Reitman do no wrong? Thanks to his latest feature, Young Adult, I’m inclined to believe so.
The film stars Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary who quite literally is a young adult. She’s a professional living in the big city, but Mavis hasn’t shaken her high school years. Still believing she’s the popular girl, Mavis heads home to Mercury, Minnesota to claim what she thinks is rightfully hers, her high school sweetheart Buddy Slade (Patrick Wilson). Former nerd Matt Freehauf (Patton Oswalt) attempts to talk some sense into her, explaining Buddy’s married with a kid, but thanks to her one-track mind, tough attitude and drinking habits, nothing will stop Mavis from getting what she wants.
Young Adult debuted in select theaters last weekend, but now it’s time for more of the country to get a taste of what Mavis is capable of. In honor of his fourth feature’s release, Reitman went from the “Mini Apple” to the Big Apple to sit down for a press conference and run through everything from how he snagged his stellar cast to working with writer Diablo Cody and much more. Check out the highlights from the event in the video below.
