Adulthood (2025)

 

Signature Entertainment are releasing director Alex 'BILL & TED' Winter's black comedy that veers more towards the black than the comedy.

Brother and sister Noah (Josh Gad from FROZEN and...er...PIXELS) and Meg (Kaya Scodelario from CRAWL) are reunited when their invalid mother suffers a stroke. Planning to clear out her house they make the unexpected discovery of a body walled up in the cellar. Assuming their mother must have been the perpetrator they dispose of it in a nearby quarry.

Unfortunately their mother has already confessed all from her hospital bed to her carer Grace (Billie Lourd). Grace then decides to blackmail Noah and Meg who, instead of going to the police, rope in their psychotic friend Bodie (Anthony Carrigan) to scare Grace. Grace then brings in an even bigger man to scare Noah and Meg, and things get worse and considerably bloodier from there.

An entertaining dark comedy that features useless (Noah), desperate (Meg) and just plain mad (Bodie) characters being thrown into a situation where no-one acts rationally, ADULTHOOD benefits from some decent performances and a script that will have you guessing as to where it's all actually going right up to the end. There's nothing outstandingly new or original here but if black comedies are your thing you won't consider your time wasted with this one. Here's a trailer:

Alex Winter's ADULTHOOD is out on digital from Signature Entertainment on Monday 17th November 2025