Quick Take: ‘Adventureland’


Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart in Adventureland.
Immediate thought upon leaving the theater after Adventureland: I want to hug that movie and everyone involved with it. I’d also like to buy them all a beer. Though that would probably be a lot of beer.

But truth is, when the movie started with The Replacements’ “Bastards of Young,” I was pretty sure it was getting off on the right foot. You can find the entire list of songs from the film here, though as this blogger points out, there are 41 tunes in the movie and 14 on the soundtrack, which is quite the bummer. You’ve got your Falco, your Poison, your Lou Reed, your Animotion, your Priest — and a score by Yo La Tengo. Even if the movie wasn’t worth it (though it is; more on that in Thursday’s paper), you could just listen to the damn thing and be happy.