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84
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83
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83
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82
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82
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82
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82
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81
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81
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80
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78
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70
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69
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54
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52
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45
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42
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42
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40
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40
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38
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36
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35
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28
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28
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22
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18
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16
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xx
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xx
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xx
Offshore
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Adam & Steve
TLA Releasing
MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring
Parker Posey,
Chris Kattan,
Craig Chester,
Malcolm Gets,
Melinda Dillon,
Kent Fuher,
Steve Geary,
and
Julie Hagerty
Inhabiting a post 9/11 New York, Adam & Steve follows the romantic trajectory of two people struggling to make love work in spite of overwhelming odds. (TLA Releasing)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
|
Gay/Lesbian
|
Romance
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Craig Chester
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Craig Chester
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: August 8, 2006
Theatrical: March 31, 2006
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| RUNNING TIME: |
99 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
San Francisco Chronicle
Joe Brown
A genuinely affecting love story with something to say about such contemporary obstacles to affection as weird families, hot exes, addictions, anonymous hookups, homophobia, irony, gay two-stepping -- and the difficulty of connecting no matter what gender you go for.

70
Village Voice
Melissa Levine
Lighthearted and funny, it falters only in the rare moments when it takes itself too seriously.

67
Austin Chronicle
Marrit Ingman
It's the most honest, refreshing comedy about love – gay, straight, or both – I've seen in many moons, and at the end everyone's problems are solved by a country-western dance battle with drag doyenne Jackie Beat on the mic.

63
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Often charming and funny, though sometimes quite gross.

63
TV Guide
Ken Fox
It hits more often than it misses, and the best parts are always the simplest, in which the stars wing it with nothing to go on but their natural chemistry.

60
Variety
Ronnie Scheib
Gay Gotham farce written, directed and starring veteran actor Craig Chester ("Swoon," "Kiss Me Guido") delivers plenty of well-timed slapstick, a brace of oddball zanies and a couple of show-stopper musical numbers. Material is uneven, but rhythm and pacing keep action moving smartly.

60
LA Weekly
Chuck Wilson
Adam & Steve is uneven, but it's a relief to see a gay romance that isn't about ab-perfect 20-year-olds, and which features lovers played by two long out-of-the-closet actors. Wonder of wonders.

50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Any professional film editor watching this movie is going to suffer through one moment after another that begs to be ripped from the film and cut up into ukulele picks. Never mind the film editor: A lot of audiences, with all the best will in the world, are going to feel the same way.

50
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Much of Craig Chester's good-hearted love story Adam & Steve is silly and contrived, but the film boasts four engaging actors.

50
Boston Globe
Bobby Hankinson
Not the knee-slapper it wants to be, but it's endearing nonetheless.

50
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Co-stars Parker Posey and Chris Kattan offer minor diversions, but the humor never rises to the quality any New Yorker, regardless of sexual orientation, would expect.

50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
It wobbles between a conventionally quirky lighthearted goof and an oddball farce in which character is sacrificed for sight gags.

40
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Strikes an unsatisfying balance between serious romantic texture and outright farce.

40
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Despite the high spirits, most of the comedy is feeble and forced; Steve's career as a therapist seems especially far-fetched.

38
Chicago Tribune
Allison Benedikt
A mostly bland, sporadically crude, by-the-numbers romantic comedy about two gay men in love.

30
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
The gay, independent comedy Adam & Steve is as crude and nonsensical as any number of B-list studio equivalents, with the added disadvantages of a low budget and shaky direction by Craig Chester, who wrote and also stars.

30
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Ultimately Adam & Steve mainly goes to prove that indie gay romantic comedies can be just as witless, vulgar and over the top as their straight, major studio counterparts.


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