Adam
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56 out of 100

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7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 41 Ratings

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  • Starring: Hugh Dancy, Peter Gallagher, Rose Byrne
  • Summary: 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)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 27
  3. Negative: 1 out of 27
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    Subtlety and nuance mark both the film's dialogue and performances. It's hard to see how Dancy and Byrne could be any better.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    75
    The beautifully crafted Adam offers no pat or easy answers.
  3. Empire
    Reviewed by: Anna Smith
    60
    A very superficial look at what it may be like trying to romance someone on the autistic scale.
  4. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Kimberley Jones
    30
    This is the kind of movie in which every other line of dialogue feels like a metaphor – and from there on, the film seesaws between the uncomfortable extremes of glum and twee: an overwrought dirge keyed to a xylophonic ping.

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. SheilaM
    10
    Charming, thought-provoking and delightful.
  2. nutterjr
    8
    A beautiful film about love that leaves you all warmed up inside. Dancy is brilliant in portraying a guy suffering from Asperger's syndrome falling for the girl next door (played by Byrne who is a wonderful co-lead) who learns to love the man despite his idiosyncrasies.… Expand
  3. BillyS
    7
    Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne are terrific, but the story seems a little made for t.v. to lift it up beyond good. Nice to see Amy Irving again.
  4. ChristopherR.
    4
    Boring!

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