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...Adventureland's protagonist, James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg), spending his first postcollegiate summer working at a shabby regional amusement park is, at least initially, an insult to his very being. It's the summer of 1987, and he's supposed to be having a proper European tour with his Beautiful People friends. Instead he's stuck in Pittsburgh, Pa., because his alcoholic father (Jack Gilpin) is having employment issues and, as his almost gleefully unsympathetic mother (Wendy Malick) explains it, they can no longer help fund his trip. Or graduate school. (See the top 10 movie performances...
...Eisenberg, like Superbad's Michael Cera and their soul grandfather Woody Allen, possesses that ineffable something that makes it possible for him to be both a believable romantic lead and a bleater. He bleats his way through several unsuccessful job interviews. When he finally lands a job from the odd but endearing couple that runs Adventureland (Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig), he has the temerity to bleat about his assignment. He'd prefer Adventureland's slightly more glamorous Rides division, which he believes himself more suited for than Games. They shoot him down, with kindly conviction...
...From the beginning, she proved to be one of our best students. What made her different was her interest in population health as well as patient-doctor relationships and care,” said Eisenberg...
Eisenberg’s wife and former Dean of Students at Harvard Medical School, Carola Eisenberg, said that she is particularly excited for Hamburg’s nomination because of its implications for women...
...don’t have to tell you that there are difficulties for women to succeed, particularly in academic centers,” said Eisenberg...