It's the summer of 1987, and James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg), an uptight recent college grad, can't wait to embark on his dream tour of Europe. But when his parents (Wendie Malick and Jack Gilpin) announce they can no longer subsidize his trip, James has little choice but to take a lowly job at a local amusement park. Forget about German beer, world-famous museums and cute French girls-James' summer will now be populated by belligerent dads, stuffed pandas, and screaming kids high on cotton candy. Lucky for James, what should have been his worst summer ever turns into quite an adventure as he discovers love in the most unlikely place with his captivating co-worker Em (Kristen Stewart), and learns to loosen up.This movie was just kind of there. That's really the only way to describe it. It wasn't horrible. It wasn't great. Parts of it were good. Parts of it was boring. It was all equal parts that made it just sort of there. You got in to some of the characters. You really didn't care about others. It wasn't all out hysterical but there were some parts that made you laugh. It was very weird. It was as if the director and screenwriter couldn't really decide on what they wanted this movie to be. Why Ryan Reynolds was in this I have no idea. The best parts of the movie was Bill Hader as the boss of the park and the 80s music.
I really wouldn't recommend that anyone check this out because again - its just kind of there. You can just wait to see this bad boy on cable pretty much.
