{"id":78054,"date":"2015-10-30T06:58:19","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T14:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=78054"},"modified":"2015-10-30T06:58:19","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T14:58:19","slug":"young-adult-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=78054","title":{"rendered":"Young Adult (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.amerika.org\/lifestyle\/young-adult-2011\/\">Ruth Ward writes<\/a>: Being \u201cindependently successful\u201d and self-reliant while waxing and preening religiously to \u201cstay young\u201d (as our protagonist does periodically throughout the story) may not be all that is necessary for fulfillment. In the end, these things may only be suitable for bragging rights and regret which comes too late. This movie succeeds in expressing an unpopular opinion which could keep most 20- and 30-somethings up at night. 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