Young Adult stars Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, and Patton Oswalt. The main
reason I watched this film is Charlize Theron, an actress that I really like. Theron brilliantly plays Mavis, a very self-centered character who is a borderline stalker.
Mavis lived the high school dream being beautiful, popular, plus dating the high school most desirable stud, Buddy. At the beginning of the movie she wakes up to a mass email in which she finds out that Buddy is now happily married with a newborn infant. Upon considering her pathetic alcoholic life, Mavis decides to return home to win back Buddy.
During her quest to win back Buddy, she meets meets Matt (Patton), an old classmate who was a victim of a hate crime in high school leaving him partially disabled. Matt tries to convince her what she's doing is ridiculous, and sees her for what she really is, crazy. Still Matt stays along for the ride and the two meet up for nightly alcoholic binges. Though Mavis was the popular girl and Matt was the "homosexual" geek in their past lives, they find themselves being two alone people, together.
I will say no more, but I think you can see that this is an interesting movie worth watching. It also shows that "you can never go back home!"