Diablo Cody's sassy, hyper-realistic scripting gives Charlize Theron and her co-star, Patton Oswalt oodles of razor sharp bitter one-liners to throw at each other and it's a joy to listen and watch them ad-lib some of the movie's best lines together. We first see Mavis sprawled prostrate on the morning after the night before, flat out where she obviously fell down drunk. Charlize is as wonderfully honest and damaged in her role as she was as in the movie Monster , but here brings a perfectly balanced nuance to her performance as Mavis. Then there are the moments she spares to work on her trashy teen opus, nonchalantly eavesdropping on gabbing girls in fast food joints for on-point titbits. If you have read the first book, however, feel free to continue below. Shopbop Designer Fashion Brands.