Though she’s 37, Mavis never really graduated from high school. At once haughty and insecure, Mavis is a textbook case of arrested development. To top it off, she’s still obsessed with her former high school sweetheart, Buddy Slade (Patrick Wilson). ...

Out on Feb 3 What's the story? Charlize Theron is gorgeous teen-fiction author - and alcoholic - Mavis Gary. She's back in her home town of Mercury, Minnesota, determined to win back high school sweetheart Buddy (Patrick Wilson), now married with a baby.

In Young Adult, Theron takes on the character of Mavis Gary, a teen novelist who moves back the town where she grew up and attempts to steal back her married high school boyfriend, played by Patrick Wilson. “I thought she was a real human being,” the...

Theron plays Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson). However, when returning home proves more difficult than...

The South African actress has been nominated in the Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical category for her role as teen novelist and wannabe husband-snatcher in Young Adult. Speaking at the films’ Los Angeles premiere, she described the awards nod as...

Rating: 3-1/2 stars. (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times) "Young Adult" (R, 93 minutes). In high school, Mavis (Charlize Theron) was the ruling queen bitch. Now she's pushing 40, still single, drinking too much, and devastated that her high school BF...