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Certificate 15

Cast Charlize Theron Patrick Wilson Patton Oswalt Elizabeth Reaser

Directors Jason Reitman

Screenwriters Diablo Cody

Running Time 93 minutes

Young Adult
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Plot
Messed-up Mavis Gary (Theron), divorced, alcoholic author of adolescent fiction, heads for her home town hellbent on reclaiming ex-boyfriend Buddy (Wilson) from his inconvenient wife and newborn baby. Mavis' reputation as the beautiful mean girl at high school endures as she follows her self-absorbed path of destruction.

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