I'm not going to bother typing a synopsis of the film so here it is: this movie is sensitive, emotional, and intelligent. The way the director Greg Mottola arrives at this is by wit and then through that, laughs. Many of the employees at Adventureland are underemployed; they need to work at the park because of financial circumstances.Although the film isn't truly a comedy, there are jokes here and there, namely by Martin Starr's character, Joel. Nonetheless, these jokes are intelligent or at least leaves one in awe as we understand how vast their knowledge is.