The last time writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman got together it was moider! Wait, no, sorry: it was the superb Juno. Now the team has reunited for something altogether darker, but still clearly with a rich vein of comedy running through its core. The trailer for Young Adult has arrived and can be watched over at Apple.
Young Adult finds Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary, a successful writer of teen-lit books who finds that her life is really not what she wants it to be. So Mavis’ big idea is to head back to her small Minnesota hometown in a distinctly misguided attempt to reclaim high school sweetheart Buddy Slade (Patrick Wilson). There’s just one teensy, tiny flaw in her plan: Buddy’s now a happily married husband and father and he’s none too thrilled to find Mavis back in his world.
With her big scheme seemingly unravelling, Mavis finds solace in old classmate, drinking buddy and consummate realist Patton Oswalt, even as she plots to make Buddy love her once again.
From the looks of this, Theron is going successfully against type, Wilson’s giving it his frustrated all and Oswalt’s ready to steal any scene he’s in. Given the pedigree, we’ve got high hopes for this one.
The film arrives on our screens on February 10.