From the Teen Film to the Emerging Adult Film: The Road to Adulthood in Say Anything (1989) and High Fidelity (2000)

In the past decades, transition to adulthood in post-industrial countries has become longer, giving rise emerging adulthood, a new life stage between adolescence and (Arnett Taber 1994, Arnett 2000, 2004). Cinema reflected this change, with growing number of narratives exploring challenges stage. Through comparative analysis Say Anything (Cameron Crowe, 1989) High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000), article seeks establish adult film as youth subgenre its own by outlining some generic conventions that make it different from teenage films.