Where to Watch Young Adult (2011) in the US

What it's about

Thirty-seven year old Mavis Gary seems incapable of happiness. She has had one failed marriage with no romance in her immediate horizon. She ghosts writes a young adult series of books, which has just been canceled due to low sales. She is in the process of writing the last book, with which she is having a mental block. She lives vicariously through Kendall Strickland, the teenaged female heroine in her books, as like Kendall she believes her high school years were the best years of her life when she was the prom queen. When she receives news that her high school beau, Buddy Slade, and his wife, Beth Slade, have just had their first child, Mavis takes it as a sign that she and Buddy are meant to be together. As such, she devises a false pretense to travel from her Minneapolis home back her her old hometown of Mercury, Minnesota to reclaim Buddy from Beth. As Mavis slyly or not so slyly does whatever she can to hang out with Buddy, even in Beth's company if need be, she also runs into another old high school colleague named Matt Freehauf. She barely remembers Matt until she is reminded that he was the "hate crime" kid i.e. he was beaten almost to death by the school jocks who believed he was gay (which he is not), which has left him among other things needing to walk with a brace. Matt ends up being Mavis' drinking buddy and confidante, Matt, in turn, who tries to be Mavis' voice of reason to get her out of her delusional state about Buddy and get a grip on reclaiming her life as a functioning adult.

Cast and crew

Director

Jason Reitman

Writer

Diablo Cody

Starring

Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt

Details

Release date

Dec 16, 2011

Language

English

Country

United States

Box office

$16,311,571

Awards

3 wins & 33 nominations total

Where to Watch Young Adult (2011) in the US — common questions

Where to watch Young Adult in the United States?

Young Adult is available with a subscription, free with a participating library card, or to rent in the United States. Watch the movie with a subscription on fuboTV (HD), MGM+ (4K), Paramount+ (4K), and Philo (HD). Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Kanopy (HD). Rent the movie on Apple TV Store, Fandango at Home, Prime Video, and Spectrum On Demand.

Can I stream Young Adult or do I have to rent it in the United States?

Watch the movie with a subscription on fuboTV (HD), MGM+ (4K), Paramount+ (4K), and Philo (HD). Rent the movie on Apple TV Store, Fandango at Home, Prime Video, and Spectrum On Demand.

Can I watch Young Adult for free in the United States?

Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Kanopy (HD).