Kristen Stewart, Life Is Just a Big Adventureland

Saturday, January 31st, 2009 at 9:11 pm

“Vampire romance “Twilight” hurtled Kristen Stewart to the kind of fame that can turn a life into a roller coaster ride, so it seems appropriate that her new movie revolves around an amusement park.
“Adventureland,” which premiered this week at the Sundance Film Festival, is one of a string of quirky movies Stewart, 18, has starred-in since her first film at age 11.
But none of those movies ever brought the actress the sort of attention she has received the last two months since “Twilight” struck gold at box offices with more than $324 million worldwide since its November debut.”

“Adventureland” is a coming-of-age movie about a recent college graduate named James, played by “The Squid and the Whale” star Jesse Eisenberg, who takes a summer job at an amusement park.
There, he falls in love with a tortured but sincere young carnival worker named Em Lewin (Stewart) and finds that true love is an adventure in and of itself.”

“Miramax Films will release the movie in March, following its premiere at Sundance — the No. 1 U.S. gathering for independent film. At the festival, a quirky and offbeat love story like “Adventureland” can gain the kind of media attention it needs to lure audiences to box offices.”

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