Saturday 24 August 2019

Adult World (2013)

Incredibly tame drama about a 21 year old who acts like a 14 year old.
I don't know who this is for, because it's far too soft and unrealistic for adults, yet it has some bizarre messaging for any 14 year old viewer - Amy runs away from home for little to no reason, apparently never contacts her parents to let them know she's safe, puts her physical safety in the hands of near-strangers repeatedly, falls into a job at a the least seedy, most overstaffed, conscientiously-managed porn shop ever, finds the most desirable, affordable run-down bedsit ever, and meets a parade of men who are not willing to take advantage of a naive, attractive young woman begging them to take her virginity.
I had to stop watching an hour in when she attempted to seduce an older man by acting like a parody of a femme fatale from a 30s movie, got sick from three shots of whiskey and then had a hangover the next day. It's like a self-serious, worthy Pee-Wee Herman movie.
Rating: Bad

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