"Adult World" featured a strong central character which was well-acted by Emma Roberts. Amy is a young college graduate burdened with debt yet seeking to share her inner world to humanity as a poet.
If the film was not a coming-of-age film, it was at least and overcoming-all-obstacles yarn and a learning experience in the cold and heartless real world. There was some good humor interjected when Amy takes a job in an adult video store, as she is clearly the most unlikely candidate for such a job.
There filmmakers created an interesting set of characters around Amy, including Alex in the Adult World shop, the charismatic Rubia, and the poet named Rat Billings, whom Amy idolizes.
It was disappointing that the filmmakers chose to portray Rat Billings as unnecessarily cruel. Instead of actually mentoring Amy, Rat belittled and humiliated her. It was clear that she had passion as a writer, something that Rat could have learned from his protégé.
While there was an effective, sentimental ending, the film included too much padding. There was not a careful balance between outright farcical scenes and a gritty realism which at one point led Amy to contemplate taking her life. The strength of the film was the sparkling character development of Amy, who retained her idealism through every one of her ordeals.
If the film was not a coming-of-age film, it was at least and overcoming-all-obstacles yarn and a learning experience in the cold and heartless real world. There was some good humor interjected when Amy takes a job in an adult video store, as she is clearly the most unlikely candidate for such a job.
There filmmakers created an interesting set of characters around Amy, including Alex in the Adult World shop, the charismatic Rubia, and the poet named Rat Billings, whom Amy idolizes.
It was disappointing that the filmmakers chose to portray Rat Billings as unnecessarily cruel. Instead of actually mentoring Amy, Rat belittled and humiliated her. It was clear that she had passion as a writer, something that Rat could have learned from his protégé.
While there was an effective, sentimental ending, the film included too much padding. There was not a careful balance between outright farcical scenes and a gritty realism which at one point led Amy to contemplate taking her life. The strength of the film was the sparkling character development of Amy, who retained her idealism through every one of her ordeals.