this won't be for everyone- the humor is dark and cynical, with lots of irony. it's in the realm of larry david and louis ck. but if you want to watch another bland comedy stay home and watch tv. and i am so excited that the lead female character is interesting. (It is also written by Diablo Cody, so it makes sense) Bridesmaids was in that turf and hopefully we will see more films about compelling, flawed, interesting women. i'm tired of the bland pretty girls from the hollywood mill. And it IS ironic that Charlize is playing this role- but she is great in it!

It is just as hilarious as Juno but better for those early thirty year old who have refused to grow up. It is a must go! loved it laughed all through out the movie.

The one thing I don't like about a movie is suspecting exactly what you're going to see beforehand and then getting to the theatre and seeing only what you suspected you were going to see: 10+ hot chick peaks in high school and 20 years later is a depressed loser with nothing going on. Been there done that. Sure it's a `character movie,` and sure real-life 10+ hot chick Charlize Theron adequately plays a depressed 10+ hot chick with nothing going on. Which brings me to the second thing I don't like about a movie -- there's nothing going on! Nothing happens. Even in `character movies` something has to happen along the way. Characters can develop, God forbid. 95% of this picture is first act. Reitman Jr. has her doing the same scene over and over again: Pouting vindictive self-absorbed former high school hot mean-girl who got whatever she wanted back then can't get doodely-squat now. We get it. Even `character movie` characters must develop some level of boredom removal.

Not at all what I expected. I thought we were going to see another rom-com. It turns out to be a serious flick about real life. Funny, shocking, charming and sad. Charlize Theron was absolutely terrific, and the whole cast was very good.

I love Charlize Theron and she does not disappoint in her acting in this film. It's the script that fails here. Mavis Gray the character that Ms. Theron portrays is a very unhappy woman and an alcoholic to boot, who can't even take care of a dog, no less herself. She returns to her old town in Minnesota to "get back" her old high school boyfriend ( a always reliable Patrick Wilson). If I were her, I would have stayed the Miniapple, since she returns more narcissistic, sour, cynical and a total overall wreck than she was in high school, which according to the screenplay evidenly was her peak. It's been downhill ever since. I failed to mention Buddy her old love is married and has a new little baby girl. This doesn't bother Mavis in the least...she wants what she wants and secretly feels entitled to. Let's just say, does Mavis change in the end...No., Does she learn from past mistakes,,,No. Is she still unhappy, alcoholic and narcisstic..Yes. Was it at all funny or touching...A Big No!