How many more coming-of-age movies does the world need? At this point, I think we are all aware that growing up is hard to do, and that the period of time following college graduation, when one is hovering on the precipice of leaving reckless youth behind to start real life, is one of the most difficult to navigate. Most recently, Lena Dunham parlayed this familiar concept into an entire television series, Girls, which you may have heard of if you have ever read anything on the Internet. Adult World, a comedy directed by Scott Coffey, is the latest installment in this ever-growing pantheon, telling the story of what happens when aspiring poet Amy Anderson (Emma Roberts) is forced to get a job at a local porn shop after college in order to pay off her student loans.
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- 8/8/2014
- by Lee Jutton
- JustPressPlay.net
We've all had those post-collegiate jobs, the ones that keep the bills paid until real work comes along. Whether it's slinging fries, holding down a cubicle in a call center or working a retail counter, it's the kind of experience that in the best of times will build character or at the very least serve up some good anecdotes down the road. And we're sure once Emma Roberts' Amy Anderson moves on from "Adult World," she'll have some stories to tell as well. Directed by Scott Coffey, "Adult World" tells the story of Amy, a recent college grad and aspiring poet, who takes a job at the titular bookstore — which specializes in XXX material — to help pay off her mounting debt. But things change when crosses paths with Rat Billings (John Cusack), an aging punk poet who agrees to mentor Amy, who learns that she might not be the...
- 2/17/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
var brightcovevideoid = '3127821045001'; When she gets a little older, Grace Anderson is going to have a great story to tell about the day she was born. Her parents, Nick and Amy Anderson, got stuck in traffic Tuesday while on their way to the hospital, reports CNN. Unable to get through the complete gridlock that plagued many Atlanta-area highways during a snowstorm, Amy informed her husband she was going to have their baby in the car. Nick phoned 911, and a dispatcher instructed him on how to deliver the baby. A local police officer, Tim Sheffield, stopped to assist. "I asked the driver,...
- 1/30/2014
- by Sheila Cosgrove Baylis
- PEOPLE.com
Adult World has released a new trailer.
John Cusack and Emma Roberts star in Scott Coffey's offbeat comedy.
Roberts plays Amy Anderson, a poetry graduate with big dreams whose family refuse to support her anymore.
She takes a job in a sex shop, while a chance meeting with ageing poetry legend Rat Billings (Cusack) could be her ticket to success.
The film features Roberts's American Horror Story co-star and fiancé Evan Peters.
Shannon Woodward, Cloris Leachman and John Cullum also feature in the film.
Adult World opens in the Us on February 14. A UK release date is yet to be announced.
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John Cusack and Emma Roberts star in Scott Coffey's offbeat comedy.
Roberts plays Amy Anderson, a poetry graduate with big dreams whose family refuse to support her anymore.
She takes a job in a sex shop, while a chance meeting with ageing poetry legend Rat Billings (Cusack) could be her ticket to success.
The film features Roberts's American Horror Story co-star and fiancé Evan Peters.
Shannon Woodward, Cloris Leachman and John Cullum also feature in the film.
Adult World opens in the Us on February 14. A UK release date is yet to be announced.
Catch up on all the latest TV and Movies releases in Digital Spy's Screen Time:...
- 1/17/2014
- Digital Spy
Premiering last spring at the Tribeca Film Festival and then not seen elsewhere for the rest of 2013, we had nearly forgotten about "Adult World." Now, the comedy is very much back on the radar with a brand new trailer ahead of its release next month. Starring Emma Roberts, John Cusack, Evan Peters, Shannon Woodward, Cloris Leachman and John Cullum, the film from director Scott Coffey tells the story of Amy Anderson, a college grad in poetry, convinced she is the next big thing of the literary world. But rejection letters combined with rising financial debt for her to take a job at an adult bookstore, but she may have another chance at fulfilling her dreams when falls under the tutelage of the cranky punk poety Rat Billings. Yes, it's a mix of ingredients that add up to quirky, and while it didn't quite work for us, perhaps it will for you.
- 1/17/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
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