Adam

Name: Adam
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: July 29, 2009
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Peter Gallagher, Rose Byrne

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ADAM

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Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: July 29, 2009

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 theRomance 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

Director: Max Mayer

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 99 min

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Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas

Subtlety and nuance mark both the film's dialogue and performances. It's hard to see how Dancy and Byrne could be any better. Read full review

San Francisco Chronicle - Amy Biancolli

It's the speed of love, not the speed of light, that occupies Adam, a small, sweet movie about one man's widening cosmos. Read full review

The Hollywood Reporter - Kirk Honeycutt

A sensitive but not sentimental story about a romance involving a mentally challenged young man never makes a misstep. Read full review

Philadelphia Inquirer - Steven Rea

It can be argued that Adam uses Asperger's as a kind of metaphor for the barriers that people erect to fend off strangers, to guard against intimacy. It can also be argued that writer/director Mayer is shamelessly manipulative. Read full review

Wall Street Journal - Joe Morgenstern

Adam succeeds at getting inside its hero's mind and, more impressively still, gives us entrée to his singular soul. Read full review

Village Voice - Ella Taylor

Other than Rose Byrne's on-screen radiance and a soothingly warm palette lit by cinematographer Seamus Tierney, there's not much to get passionate about in this amiable chamberpiece from theater director Max Mayer. Read full review

Austin Chronicle - Kimberley Jones

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. Read full review

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HWAS

Aug 16, 2011

This is simply one of the sweetest romantic comedies ever made. It matches When Harry Met Sally on every term of sincerity and humor. Its true-life depiction of people with real problems and how they learn to love one another in spite of them is truly inspirational. Everyone should beThis is simply one of the sweetest romantic comedies ever made. It matches When Harry Met Sally on every term of sincerity and humor. Its true-life depiction of people with real problems and how they learn to love one another in spite of them is truly inspirational. Everyone should be required to watch this movie because it simply warms your soul and makes your heart bleed. A true cinematic gem.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

SheilaM

Aug 22, 2009

Charming, thought-provoking and delightful.

2 of 2 users found this helpful

MichaelN

Aug 9, 2009

As a person with Asperger's, I think this movie is completely accurate in depicting what the disorder is like. I think it is safe to say that the Film Threat reviewer does not have the disorder, otherwise she would realize how well the writers and the actor, Hugh Dancy put this As a person with Asperger's, I think this movie is completely accurate in depicting what the disorder is like. I think it is safe to say that the Film Threat reviewer does not have the disorder, otherwise she would realize how well the writers and the actor, Hugh Dancy put this character together. It was such a beautiful movie, because a lot of people with the disorder are misunderstood, and that was another thing represented well in the movie. It showed people without the disorder that people with Asperger's are just as much of people as everyone else, and even better is that it showed people with the disorder the same thing. I would highly recommend this movie to anybody, whether you have Asperger's Syndrome or not.… Expand

3 of 3 users found this helpful

PamelaB

Aug 26, 2009

My husband and I took our 24 yr old son (with Asperger's) too see this - we had to leave - not because it wasn't good - it was so hard to watch - my son related too much to it, and got very nervous. My husband couldn't hold back the tears (mainly for our son) - I'll My husband and I took our 24 yr old son (with Asperger's) too see this - we had to leave - not because it wasn't good - it was so hard to watch - my son related too much to it, and got very nervous. My husband couldn't hold back the tears (mainly for our son) - I'll watch the movie again later, with my NT daughter. It was just too close to home. - I would recommend renting the movie if you plan on showing this to people with Asperer's and their families.… Expand

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nutterjr

Apr 1, 2012

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.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

RuneOsterdal

Jun 11, 2011

I would really like to give this movie a solid 10, as Hugh Dancy's brilliant portrayal of a guy with Aspergers Syndrome really moves me. I have aspergers and I feel I can see the AS in Adam in every single scene. I have bought more than 10 copies and given friends and familiy a copy wheneverI would really like to give this movie a solid 10, as Hugh Dancy's brilliant portrayal of a guy with Aspergers Syndrome really moves me. I have aspergers and I feel I can see the AS in Adam in every single scene. I have bought more than 10 copies and given friends and familiy a copy whenever I've felt I needed them to see what its like to be me.
Unfortunately, the story with Rose's fathers situation is a tad thin and feels mostly like filling.
That will however not keep me from giving Adam a solid recommendation; This is a movie you simply have to see if you are - or more importantly know anybody who are - autistic.… Expand

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ChristopherR.

Jul 31, 2009

Boring!

0 of 5 users found this helpful

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