One of the most underrated films of the past decade has got to be “Adventureland,” the 2009 coming-of-age comedy by Greg Mottola (“Superbad”). It mined its setting — a rundown 1980s amusement park — for plenty of jokes, but it had a fantastic bittersweet feel to it as well, capturing that moment of drifting aimlessly between college and “real life” well.
Best of all was the chemistry between its two leads, Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart, who were both still young at the time, but confidently mixed goofy humor with something more poignant. Unlike so many teen comedy actors, they managed to capture an affection that seemed real.
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