Described as a "psychotic prom-queen bitch," the anti-heroine of Young Adult, directed by Jason Reitman from a Diablo Cody screenplay, is a prize part for Charlize Theron. She plays Mavis, a ...

In a high-rise apartment in downtown Minneapolis, Mavis Gary (played by Charlize Theron) — young adult fiction author, divorcee, and aging prom queen — takes a morning swill of Diet Coke and peels off ...