Directed by:
Scott CoffeyScreenplay:
Andy CochranCinematography:
James LaxtonComposer:
BC SmithCast:
John Cusack, Emma Roberts, Evan Peters, Shannon Woodward, Scott Coffey, Chris Riggi, Evelina Oboza, Reed Birney, Cloris Leachman, John Cullum, Justin Nappi (more)Plots(1)
Budding poet Amy (Emma Roberts) is young, beautiful and top of her class. She's also single, unemployed and saddled with $90,000 of student debt. Between drunken frat boys, creepy flatmates and an endless stream of rejection letters, her prospects of emulating heroine Sylvia Plath look grim. Desperate to make ends meet, Amy takes the only job she can find, cataloguing magazines and cleaning toilets in an adult bookstore. Dealing with Adult World's eccentric customers leaves little time for writing, but there are bright spots among the madness, including affable young manager Alex (Evan Peters) with whom Amy may have more in common than she realises. Determined to win the heart of notorious celebrity poet Rat Billings (John Cusack), Amy offers to become his protégé... (Signature Entertainment)
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Even though I'm quite interested in these types of stories nowadays, this one just became unbearable towards the end. Emma Roberts is great, but once she switches to overly affected speech, she becomes unbearable. John Cusack is excellent, and he was perfect for the role. I could almost see something of Sellers in him. It's a shame; compared to a similar film like Stuck in Love, Adult World loses out for me.
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