Dancy’s Adam is so soulful, droopy and sad-eyed you suspect a misdiagnosis, while Byrne’s alarming levels of undernourished passive aggression pass weirdly without comment.
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08/07/09
Adam (2009)
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Reviews Counted:116
Fresh:75
Rotten:41
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Hugh Dancy's elegant performance as a man with Asperger's Syndrome elevates Adam, an offbeat but touching romantic comedy.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Jul 29, 2009 Limited
Box Office: $2,121,118
Synopsis: 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. In this heartfelt romantic comedy, Hugh Dancy... [More]
Starring: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Frankie Faison, Mark Linn-Baker
Director: Max Mayer
Reviews for Adam
Adam's tastefully subdued approach looks like a TV movie. It doesn't help that, dramatically speaking, it's a non-starter.
08/07/09
[M]erely a Very Special Episode of a TV series I never wanted to watch.
07/29/09
A film with so many designs on your affections could never be found surprising, but believe me, it won’t stop it from trying and it won’t stop you from feeling guilty the moment you realise it isn’t working.
08/07/09
I'm sorry to report that beyond that educational element and the delicate performances of Dancy and Byrne, I found Adam dramatically limp, predictable and in a curious way even retrograde.
07/30/09
Top CriticAdam is about loving someone who's different, despite what your parents or friends may think. It's also unfortunately a won't-change-your-life cinema experience that, irrespective of its redeeming features, fails to satiate.
08/21/09
It's well directed and acted, but the script feels like a TV movie at times.
08/16/09
It's a gentle romantic dramedy, but misfires at every turn, making for a tedious motion picture that minimizes a fascinating subject.
08/27/09
A generally sweet story brought down by baffling screenwriting decisions and manipulative, mawkish, TV-movie-of-the-week direction.
08/07/09
Despite obvious good intentions, this feels dishonest, and I suspect not very true to life. Worst of all, it risks trivialising mental illness into lovable quirks.
08/07/09
Writer-director Max Mayer's film has good intentions, but a weak narrative. This grinds to a halt far too often to make way for maudlin, soft-rock interludes.
08/07/09
Written and directed by Max Mayer, this anodyne romantic comedy is as predictable as the alphabet but should hold particular appeal to women whose maternal impulses inflect their mating instincts.
08/07/09
...sanitized romantic comedy never cracks the surface of its delicate and complex subject.
07/29/09
Adam is a minor, tolerably enjoyable romance that doesn't add up to anything much.
08/13/09
Adam, which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival, holds your attention, but the film is slow-going at times and lacks a knockout punch.
08/19/09
A romantic comedy so dull, so humdrum, they should give out free espressos at screenings.
08/11/09
Hugh Dancy has properly captured many of the key traits ascribed to people with AS. Unfortunately, this does not necessarily translate into a highly entertaining evening at the movies.
08/10/09
It comes across simply as a bit of bland do-gooding.
08/11/09
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.
07/30/09
Top CriticThe whole movie was at his expense, the usual Hollywood feeling good about itself by portraying the struggles of such a man.
07/31/09
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