It's a bit of a mystery how screenwriter Justin Marks, whose two
previous feature scripts were for a TV movie called Rewind and Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun - Li, got the job and didn't even have to share credit with anyone else.
Not exact matches
Pellington directed from a
script by Stuart Ross Fink, and his
previous work includes more music videos than I can list, the
feature films ARLINGTON ROAD and HENRY POOLE IS HERE, as well as bringing both UNITED STATES OF POETRY and BLINDSPOT to television.
If this self -
scripted effort isn't as consistently funny as his single - minded
previous feature, Adventureland still intriguingly tweaks the horndog - comedy genre.
Gondry, who's known mainly for his music videos (including those for Bjork), directed only one
previous feature, Human Nature, for which Kaufman wrote the
script, and perhaps it's telling that the two other
features with original Kaufman
scripts were directed by Spike Jonze, also known mainly for his music videos.
OK, the
script strong - arms us into surrender here and there, but more often it gently takes an elbow, exactly as Chbosky did in his
previous feature, 2012's soulful and compassion - filled coming - of - age drama The Perks of Being a Wallflower.