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Adam
EMAILPRINTFox Searchlight Pictures
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Based on 13 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Drama | Romance
Written by: Max Mayer
Directed by: Max Mayer
Release Date:
Theatrical: July 29, 2009
Running Time: 99 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for thematic material, sexual content and language
Starring Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, and Frankie Faison
Romance can be risky, perplexing and filled with the perils of miscommunication - and that's if you aren't Adam, for whom life itself is this way. Adam is a handsome but intriguing young man who has all his life led a sheltered existence - until he meets his new neighbor, Beth, a beautiful, cosmopolitan young woman who pulls him into the outside world, with funny, touching and entirely unexpected results. Their implausible and enigmatic relationship reveals just how far two people from different realities can stretch in search of an extraordinary connection. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
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What The Critics Said
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Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Subtlety and nuance mark both the film's dialogue and performances. It's hard to see how Dancy and Byrne could be any better.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
The tendency for an actor in a role like this is to overact. The result is often disastrous, reducing a character into a caricature. Hugh Dancy, adopting an American accent as effectively as the mannerisms of someone on the moderate portion of the Asperger's spectrum, makes Adam believable and generally sympathetic.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
The beautifully crafted Adam offers no pat or easy answers.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
A sensitive but not sentimental story about a romance involving a mentally challenged young man never makes a misstep.
Read Full Review >Variety Justin Chang
Emotionally potent performances, gently offbeat humor and writer-helmer Max Mayer's assured touch guide this tender New York love story to a quietly hopeful conclusion.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis
The humor is delicate, and the performances sweet and sure; the script (by the director, Max Mayer) is not entirely predictable, and the Manhattan locations (lovingly photographed by Seamus Tierney) have a starry-eyed glaze.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
It's hard to buy this relationship even for a moment. Adam is sweet, meticulous, and, at times, sort of clever, but it's also a not-quite-surprising-enough heartwarming trifle.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
Adam is a cut above most romances and boasts a intriguing conclusion. One comes away with a sense of hope, leavened by realism.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
Adam succeeds at getting inside its hero's mind and, more impressively still, gives us entrée to his singular soul.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
Dancy’s character has difficulty processing information and dealing with emotion, but even he could probably see through this schmaltz.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
Beyond that educational element and the delicate performances of Dancy and Byrne, I found Adam dramatically limp, predictable and in a curious way even retrograde.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Ella Taylor
Other than Rose Byrne's on-screen radiance and a soothingly warm palette lit by cinematographer Seamus Tierney, there's not much to get passionate about in this amiable chamberpiece from theater director Max Mayer.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Jessica Baxter
I find nearly every film about mentally challenged characters excruciating to watch...None of these movies ever come close to accurately depicting what it’s like to live with mental challenges.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 6.2 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
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