A surprising stylish anti-coming-of-age thriller with Timothee Chalamet as a teen who becomes entangled with a ruthless dealer (Alex Roe.) Set in Cape Cod in 1991 there's a nicely palatable neo-noir feel about the film. Roe plays his bad ass role very much like a modern version of American Graffiti's John Milner. One of the many problems our protagonist has in making friends with the wrong people is he's also in love with the dealer's younger sister who he was told is off-bounds but you know how that goes! A skinny plot and some drug movie cliches take away from the overall quality but that's mostly made up by a cast who were all clearly into the project. Deserves points for originality. 2.75 stars/5
Adventureland is one of those movies I didn't really care for the first time or two I watched it but it's grown on me thru the years and makes it's debut here on the list. I've never been a big Jesse Eisenberg fan but fortunately he's surrounded here by a lot of great names I do like. Of particular note are Ryan Reynolds and Matt Bush. The film's basically a rom-com about a teen who takes a job at an amusement park and the friends and lovers he meets. Also not a big Kristin Stewart fan but she's really terrific in this. 3.0 stars/5
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