coming-of-age

Converse of object

• mark: It enables Orlando Bloom to deliver a much fuller performance that marks a coming-of-age for him.

Modifies a noun

• tale: Adapted by William Goldman from a Stephen King novel, Hearts is a coming-of-age tale set in fifties America.
• novel: A superb coming-of-age novel wherein it really means something to come of age.
• story: It is from a romantic coming-of-age story about a young woman whose true love is a priest.
• comedy: A coming-of-age comedy about one boy's Barmitzvah coinciding with England's '66 World Cup final campaign.
• movie: The film could also be added to the long list of coming-of-age movies; movies of trite self-discovery.