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Adam's Apples
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51 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 3 out of 12
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  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Pete Vonder Haar
    80
    When the most sympathetic character in your comedy is a skinhead, you're definitely on to something, and Jensen definitely is here.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Gunnar Rehlin
    80
    A funny, politically incorrect and, somewhere deep down, thoughtful black comedy, Adam's Apples is the third and final film in helmer-writer Anders Thomas Jensen's excellent trilogy centered on oddballs and misfits in Denmark.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    75
    Jensen tarnishes the lining of every cloud in one wickedly funny scene after another.
  4. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    75
    This oddball story, written and directed by Anders Thomas Jen sen, whom Dogme followers might remember from his screenplay for the 1999 hit "Mifune," is more than a one-joke concept. Its characters are sometimes cruel, sometimes sweet, but always recognizably human.
  5. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    75
    Peculiar but oddly winsome fable.
  6. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    67
    This Danish comedy, like most of that country's dramas, is dark, dark, dark.
  7. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    63
    The movie is one long pose. But it develops into an idea slightly greater than its flippancy. The steady frenzy is whipped into a roux of two reasonably developed characters.
  8. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ed Gonzalez
    50
    The melodramas that prolific Anders Thomas Jensen has sculpted over the years have been among the richest works to come out of Scandinavia since Bergman's heyday. But no road is without its pockmarks and Adam's Apples may be the low point of the wunderkind's career.
  9. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    50
    Smart-aleck comedy and spirituality aren't incompatible, but in Adam's Apples they cancel each other out.
  10. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    30
    Some will see this as a movie about how we're all God's children. I saw only the misanthropic fulminations of Jensen's runaway ego.
  11. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Sam Adams
    30
    The movie is all surface, loudly clamoring for attention and then losing its voice.
  12. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    25
    The characters are too cliched to be funny, and Jensen's script can't stay focused long enough to make an impression. Where is Lars von Trier when we need him?
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User Score
8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. BethC.
    9
    I found it beautiful and funny I didn't see it as uplifting since it was a dark comedy and god hates the main character so I don't understand the critics remarks. Hilarious!… Full Review »
  2. JonF.
    10
    Smart comedy. No doubt one of the best I`ve seen.
  3. SusanS.
    9
    Could never be made in the US brillinatly refreshing hysterical comedy with a covert but heart warming message.
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