Critic Reviews
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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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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.
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| 42 |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Cotton candy story with an acrid aftertaste.
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