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Adult World
Directed by
Scott Coffey
R
2013
1h 47m
Comedy
,
Drama
6.1
53%
38%
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A naive college graduate, Amy, who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job in a shop while she pursues a mentorship with reclusive writer Rat Billings.
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Cast of Adult World
Emma Roberts
Amy Anderson
Evan Peters
Alex
John Cusack
Rat Billings
Armando Riesco
Rubia
Shannon Woodward
Candace
Chris Riggi
Josh
Scott Coffey
Bookstore owner
Jo Mei
Yumi
Leah Lauren
Maggie
Jerry Adler
Stan
Reed Birney
Todd
Catherine Lloyd Burns
Sheryl
John Cullum
Stan
Patricia Squire
Old Blind Woman
Darin Scott
Apartment Manager
Evelina Turen
Allison - Pretty Girl
Summer Shelton
Creative Writing Professor
Manu Gargi
Mr. Shah
Cloris Leachman
Mary Ann
Justin Nappi
Customer Man
Joshua Barry Ward
Customer Rick
William P. Szczech
Cop Roy
Becky Cerio
Bus Driver
Edward Ellison
Pablo
Kyo Moon
Hetero Man
Marshico Robinson
Hetero Woman
Alexander Edinger
Customer Max
Avery Pastella
Girl at Party
Bill D'Agostino
Store Customer (uncredited)
Shawn-Ray Dalinsky
Student (uncredited)
Niki Dellios
Art Show Attendee (uncredited)
Jordan Glaski
Store Customer (uncredited)
Arthur Sicilia
Dancer (uncredited)
Adult World Ratings & Reviews
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
It's packed with independent-film cliches, yet director Scott Coffey manages to rise above them, thanks largely to the performances of Emma Roberts and John Cusack.
Chicago Sun-Times
Bruce Ingram
Adult World does have some smart, funny and wincingly painful things to say about the desire to make art vs. the desire to be famous for it.
Film.com
Jenni Miller
Adult World is more aggravating than endearing, although there's an interesting idea buried beneath all the cutesy plot details.
Detroit News
Tom Long
"Adult World" is a coming-of-age story in which the starting age seems to be approximately 9. As a result, it just doesn't work.
RogerEbert.com
Susan Wloszczyna
Never quite fully delivers much more than yet another oh-poor-me take on post-collegiate struggles in the cold, cruel 21st Century.
Observer
Rex Reed
This is the kind of cheesy, sketched-out idea for prurient adolescents that gives indie-prods a bad reputation.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
There's a lot of juvenile shenanigans in Adult World.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
"Adult World" proceeds by fits and starts, but fans of Cusack won't want to miss his performance as the petulant poet, whose resistance is inevitably worn down by his persistent fan.
Slant Magazine
David Lee Dallas
The title of Scott Coffey's new film is a pretty obvious double entendre, but it does efficiently convey the good intentions behind this scattershot production.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Roberts is completely over-the-top here, her frantic, unfunny performance serving only to highlight Cusack's caginess and restraint.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
A smart, incisive comedy about a recent college grad's booby-trapped immersion into real life.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
Coffey knows his movie's at its best when Cusack and Roberts collide, and repeatedly uses them to overcome the script's limitations, and almost to dig a pit of chaos beneath it.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
Mr. Cusack's sardonic, understated portrayal of Rat, who is not quite what he says he is, grounds the movie in a wistfully cynical realism.
NPR
Ella Taylor
This amiable, occasionally sharp-eyed movie makes us understand ... that lofty ambition often equals an evasion of hard work, humility and the insight that not everyone has what it takes.
Village Voice
Stephanie Zacharek
Adult World captures beautifully, and with a great deal of self-deprecating humor, what it's like to feel trapped in a place you think is too small to hold you.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
John Cusack delivers a deliciously deadpan performance in this uneven and self-consciously quirky dark comedy.
Variety
Ronnie Scheib
The improvisational zeal with which Cusack approaches his role is particularly fun to watch.
AwardsCircuit.com
Clayton Davis
Completely stealing the show and delivering my favorite supporting turn of the year so far is Armando Riesco.
Newcity
Ray Pride
Adult World goes all kinds of satisfying places and the lowercase niceties begin with knowing how to use Emma Roberts' eyes, and their bright, darting gaze, which can flick from irritation to consternation to fury just like one-two-three.
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
John Beifuss
The movie is rated R, yet sensitive 12-year-old girls and the boys scared to talk to them probably represent the ideal audience for this wan coming-of-age sitcom in feature-film drag.
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