A woman kisses a married man and they are interrupted. A husband and his wife kiss and hug in a few scenes. A woman tries several times to seduce a married man and they are interrupted. A married man and a woman hug in several scenes and the woman snuggles against the man's neck. A woman asks a man how his genitals are and asks, "Does it work? A young woman says, "We have chemistry" when describing her relationship with her boyfriend. A woman tells a married man's wife, "I used to sleep in his T-shirt and boxers.
A woman says, "My old flame and I might re-connect" and "His wife hasn't seen me for a while. A man talks about sex being difficult because of injuries from a beating. A band's name is "Nipple Confusion. A man and a woman talk about a man having been in a car accident when he was younger and that he got so much attention after he ended up in a wheelchair.
A woman yells at many people gathered at a party and insults them. A man and a woman argue over a book in a bookstore when she tries to sign it. A woman tells a man, "I've got baggage too. Watch options.
Storyline Edit. Thirty-seven year old Mavis Gary seems incapable of happiness. She has had one failed marriage with no romance in her immediate horizon. She ghosts writes a young adult series of books, which has just been canceled due to low sales. She is in the process of writing the last book, with which she is having a mental block.
She lives vicariously through Kendall Strickland, the teenaged female heroine in her books, as like Kendall she believes her high school years were the best years of her life when she was the prom queen.
When she receives news that her high school beau, Buddy Slade, and his wife, Beth Slade, have just had their first child, Mavis takes it as a sign that she and Buddy are meant to be together. As such, she devises a false pretense to travel from her Minneapolis home back her her old hometown of Mercury, Minnesota to reclaim Buddy from Beth. As Mavis slyly or not so slyly does whatever she can to hang out with Buddy, even in Beth's company if need be, she also runs into another old high school colleague named Matt Freehauf.
She barely remembers Matt until she is reminded that he was the "hate crime" kid i. Matt ends up being Mavis' drinking buddy and confidante, Matt, in turn, who tries to be Mavis' voice of reason to get her out of her delusional state about Buddy and get a grip on reclaiming her life as a functioning adult.
Everyone gets old. Not everyone grows up. Rated R for language and some sexual content. Did you know Edit. Trivia The word processor file in which Mavis composes her novel throughout the film is titled "pieceofshit. While thought to be a mistake, the cup reads "KGC" because for a short while, Kentucky Fried Chicken tried to rebrand itself as Kentucky Grilled Chicken, offering a healthier option to their original fried chicken.
The cup bears the new, short-lived KGC logo. Quotes Mavis Gary : Hey, do you know this girl named Beth? Mavis Gary : What? User reviews Review. Top review. Charlize Theron on Self-Discovery! When I look back to his filmography, I think they all have these protagonists who are in process of self- discovery. Marvis Gary, played confidently by Charlize Theron, is an adult writer of 'Y.
Her daily routine seems to be like all the lonely writers- writing, sleeping, eating, drinking, and then sleeping again. Course changes when she receives an invitation from her ex, Buddy, for a baby naming ceremony and then she is back, back to the memories of her 'glorious' past, as she likes to think of it.
Marvis has always been a popular girl in high school, we learn that from numerous conversations. Now she is a struggling her series is about to be canceled writer living alone in a city and dealing with a recent divorce. It's no surprise that she wants to relive her popularity and more specifically, get his ex back. I think, because of living in this teenage world while writing literature and also having fame during here teenage, she's still stuck in that phase.
She's still a 'young adult. We learn that Buddy is a happily married man and a father. And soon, over the course of events, Marvis also comes out of her illusion and teenage dreams and faces reality. Like I said, it ends with a self-discovery. Reitman knows what he's doing. Like all of his other movies, he doesn't try to stuff you up with heavy emotions. Even the most melodramatic events would be presented with a light and refreshing approach in his movies. That's where his vision stands out.
And Charlize Theron does a wonderful job supplementing Jason Reitman's vision. DexIMF Mar 15, Viewing R-rated movies leads to decreased church attendance and lessens importance of faith among young people, according to a study by a Baylor University researcher published online in the Review of Religious Research. Previous research shows that when teens become young adults, they generally retain similar religious beliefs to those held by their parents.
But young adults are still the least religiously active age group in the United States. The Baylor study analyzed data from more than 2, adolescents, young adults and their parents who responded to the , and waves of the National Study of Youth and Religion. In the first wave, all respondents were adolescents between ages 13 and 17, but some entered young adulthood in the subsequent waves.
The survey included individuals with varying degrees of faith. Regardless of the degree of faith, most respondents viewed at least some R-rated movies. Only Of those whose faith was "very important," 31 percent claimed that most of the movies they view are rated R. While those percentages are lower than those whose faith is "not at all important," it still represents a sizable percentage of the respondents whose faith is important to them, Davignon said.
While many people watch movies in their homes, children younger than 17 are not allowed to attend an R-rated movie at a theater without an accompanying parent or adult guardian because, in the view of the Motion Picture Association of America rating administration, it contains some adult material.
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