Review by valadas

Adventureland is an amusement park and it's also a world where anything may happen and where many different people can meet and perform different actions and have different reactions and where funny things, sad things and adventurous things can happen. James is a boy that has just graduated from high school and whose dream is to go to university in New York City after a trip to Europe. For that he must avail himself of the summer holidays to earn the necessary money for the trip and stay by working at the park like assistant at a games sideshow. Of course we can see that alcohol, weed smoking, sex, profanity and discotheques take an important part on these young people lives but this movie shows also that teen agers are also capable of good and pure sentiments such as true love, friendship, loyalty and comradeship. James falls in love with a co-worker who is also having an adulterous intercourse with a married man from before they have met. James is a boy who shows a certain insecurity and indecision in terms of sentiments and feelings and that brings him a few troubles. All the young actors and actresses do a good job and create excellent and realistic teenagers types. It's not a very deep movie but a good to be seen one.