Think of that crazy girl who constantly envies a relationship, and always seems to linger in the background: the ex, the best friend, the random girl you’ve never met before in your life. Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody’s Young Adult, brings us the story of Mavis Gray, a downtrodden writer (Charlize Theron) determined to get her ex-boyfriend (Patrick Wilson) back, despite him being in a steady relationship with a newborn baby in tow.

An intriguing look into the mindset of the kind of person who would otherwise be a nuisance, Cody manages to produce a deep, witty and compelling script not far off from her standard. Young Adult is littered with moments everyone can relate to – waking up with a messy hangover, pigging out on take-aways when you’re feeling blue, and the ‘fuck my life’ sessions when you see your friends doing the things that only real adults do. The concept of youth in adulthood runs throughout the key elements of the film seeing costumes, language, routines and habits of each character that help to show the juvenile or adult within each character.

Getting married, having a baby, buying a property are all stereotypes that come along with being in your twenties/thirties, when you begin progressing in life. What Young Adult tells us is that sometimes its okay to be a ‘fuck up’, and if anyone thinks otherwise, it’s okay not to care.

Young Adult hits cinemas across the UK this weekend.