The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008)

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Peter Sarsgaard, left, and Jon Foster in Rawson Marshall Thurber’s “Mysteries of Pittsburgh.”
April 10, 2009
A Stockbroker in Training Has Turns in His Journey
By A. O. SCOTT
Published: April 10, 2009

If, after Greg Mottola’s charming “Adventureland,” which opened last week, you find yourself in the mood for another tale of a recent college graduate’s coming of age in Pittsburgh one crazy summer in the 1980s, you may be in luck. Or not, since even the most passionate fan of Pittsburgh-in-the-’80s-crazy-summer-coming-of-age stories is likely to be disappointed by “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh,” a clumsy and confused adaptation of Michael Chabon’s 1988 novel. More