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About Adam
Miramax Films

About Adam reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 64 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.2 out of 10
based on 17 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R for language and sexuality

Starring Stuart Townsend, Kate Hudson, Frances O'Connor, Charlotte Bradley, Rosaleen Linehan, and Tommy Tiernan

Temptation takes on a wickedly delicious new flavor in About Adam, as every character is seduced...all by the same mysterious man: the sinfully sweet Adam (Townsend). Like his Garden of Eden counterpart, this sexy modern Dubliner has become the apple of one woman's (Hudson) eye --and everyone else's forbidden fruit. (Miramax Films)


GENRE(S): Romance  
WRITTEN BY: Gerard Stembridge  
DIRECTED BY: Gerard Stembridge  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: October 23, 2001 
Video: October 23, 2001 
Theatrical: May 9, 2001 
RUNNING TIME: 105 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Ireland / UK 

What The Critics Said

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90
Variety Emanuel Levy
Unlike "Four Weddings," which ultimately was moralistic and conservative in its message --—About Adam is a frolic free of any judgments, and marked by Stembridge's sparkling wit.
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80
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
A sly romantic comedy made with wit and style.
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80
New Times (L.A.) Bill Gallo
Quick-witted, spicy Irish comedy.
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80
Film.com Robert Horton
Kate Hudson's accent is spot-on, and she brings her megawattage to good use on the Gershwin standard, "The Man I Love."
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80
Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Writer-director Gerard Stembridge keeps the amoral laughs bubbling.
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75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
Surprisingly sweet and infectious.
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75
Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan
Delightfully reflect the abandonment of the old image and way of life.
70
The New York Times Stephen Holden
Seems refreshing, even mildly subversive.
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70
Village Voice Jessica Winter
Hudson is ebullient, never cutesy, and her accent stays in tune.
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63
New York Post Lou Lumenick
Thanks to Hudson and the other women, it's a moderately beguiling date movie.
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63
Boston Globe Staff (Not credited)
In a moralistic time, About Adam is something of an anomaly, as it airily sticks to its pro-naughtiness agenda.
60
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Sweet, likable and consistently engaging, if so insubstantial that it's always on the verge of blowing away.
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60
Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
Simply a pleasant diversion rather the paean to crazy-in-love classics it would so like to be.
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60
LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
While the film strives to prove its cool, it's also built on the insufferably antique idea that some flattery and a good fuck are all any woman needs.
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50
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
With few laughs and no real poignancy, the movie's success rests squarely on Adam's oft-naked shoulders.
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50
Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
I might have liked About Adam more if its supposedly irresistible hero -- and the movie itself -- hadn''t been so smirky.
42
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Cotton candy story with an acrid aftertaste.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

B.R. gave it a 10:
Stuart is so hot!!

Grace gave it an 8:
This film was a breath of fresh air. Instead of seeing the bad points of Ireland, we finally see a witty and care free Irish comedy. 'Adam' is the type of character we all want to be, he gets on with everyone, he's funny, witty and very sly. He knows what people want from him and is able to give it to them, without questioning his morals eg.'why is he cheating on my sister.' This film is just a comedy, it's something we'd love to get away with and he brings out the qualities in every sister, Laura now has more passion a nd able to go up to anyman, Alice finally got a good f*ck and the outcome is that she will now feel closer to the husband and Lucy has finally found love, unsupecting that Adam isn't as perfect as she thinks.

Renee gave it an 8:
About Adam is refreshingly amoralistic. At one point, Adam (Townsend) says to the effect, "I've always had the ability to give people what they want. I'm good at it." As a viewer, I agree. Adam could have been, because of his womanizing, easy to hate, but in the end, you are just like one of the sisters. He has given you what you want, and he was good at it. I suggest that any one who'd like to see a comedy (and not be hit over the head with a heavy handed message) should see what Adam is all about.

Lucie C. gave it a 1:
Same old usual tried irish slop, with the same old faces whining about the same ol' things. Avoid at all costs!

[Anonymous] gave it a 9:
Pienso que tiene una profundidad mucho mayor de la que aparenta. Creo que lo que expresa en el personaje de Adam está muy alejado del sexo sino que se refiere a recuperar en las personas las ilusiones y las aspiraciones más íntimas que mueven el mundo. El entrega a todos, aún al hermano de su prometida una posibilidad de romper con las estructuras internas y decidirse a vivir. No creo que el mensaje sea de promiscuidad sino más bien de animarse a vivir la vida y dar a los demás en la medida de lo posible aquello que los haga felices.

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