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About Adam (2001)
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Reviews Counted:56
Fresh:38
Rotten:18
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Although some of the characters' motivation may not be that clear, the movie is still a funny and sexy charmer.
Theatrical Release:May 9, 2001 Limited
Synopsis:
Temptation takes on a wickedly delicious new flavor in ABOUT ADAM, as every character is seduced. . . all by the same mysterious man: the sinfully sweet Adam. Like his Garden of Eden counterpart,...
Temptation takes on a wickedly delicious new flavor in ABOUT ADAM, as every character is seduced. . . all by the same mysterious man: the sinfully sweet Adam. Like his Garden of Eden counterpart, this sexy modern Dubliner has become the apple of one woman’s eye – and everyone else’s forbidden fruit.
It all begins with Lucy Owen (KATE HUDSON), a torch singer in a hip Dublin café, who’s had countless love affairs, none of which have ever come close to grand passion. Enter Adam (STUART TOWNSEND), her seemingly perfect man. From the minute she spots the handsome stranger, Lucy’s world begins to change. Adam is boyish, kind and eminently lovable – and he fulfills Lucy’s need for wild spontaneity while allowing her for the first time to feel the lure of commitment. Although she’s long avoided the L word there’s no doubt about it: Lucy has fallen. Best of all, Adam seems to really fit into Lucy’s close-knit Dublin family, winning over her two sisters – literary Laura (FRANCES O’CONNOR) and sophisticated Alice (CHARLOTTE BRADLEY) – as well as her mother (ROSALEEN LINEHAN) with his devastating charms. Even younger brother David (ALAN MAHER) is mesmerized. But is there more ABOUT ADAM than the Owens family imagines?
The story provides four different views of Adam which turn into four different views on love – destined, liberating, ecstatic and unexpected. As Adam mischievously winds his way across trend-setting Dublin, bumping into each and every family member unexpectedly, one thing ABOUT ADAM becomes clear: he’s giving every member of the Owens family exactly what they want. -- © 2001 Miramax
Starring: Stuart Townsend, Kate Hudson, Tommy Tiernan, Frances O'Connor
Starring: Stuart Townsend, Kate Hudson, Tommy Tiernan, Frances O'Connor, Donal Beecher, Rosaleen Linehan, Charlotte Bradley, Alan Maher
Director: Gerard Stembridge
Director: Gerard Stembridge
Screenwriter: Gerard Stembridge
Producer: Anna Devlin, Marina Hughes
Composer: Adrian Johnston
Studio: Miramax Films
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Release:
Oct 23, 2001
Reviews for About Adam
Once you get over the stone-cold fact that this adorable guy (played by Stuart Townsend) is going to hunt down every single woman he encounters -- you'll find About Adam to be a charming and sexy flick.
Tres hermanas y una madre (y un hermano, y la novia...) no pueden estar equivocadas todas al mismo tiempo... ¿o sí?
A lesser film might have taken a darker and more obvious route with Adam's uncanny ability to be whoever people want him to be, but About Adam plays it with a warm and knowing wink of the eye.
What at first seems to be a rather insubstantial romantic comedy gains an impressive amount of verve and variety as it unfolds.
A vigorous exploration of yearning that is as liberating as it is fulfilling.
Has a blithely pleasing air about it and sharply observed female characters.
For his part Townsend does Adam with a lightness of touch that fits in with the film's cheery view of his unscrupulousness.
The real surprise is Ms. O'Conner, who give a genuinely knockout performance.
May not be as irresistible as its title character, but it's cheeky enough to be a mildly pleasant diversion.
This sprightly romantic comedy proves that the most seductive phrase in the English language is 'I need you.'
Stembridge capably balances the potentially unstable narrative, and the performances are fully rounded.
It's smart, it knows its audience can join dots and it actually makes you think about - and not just laugh at - the messes that people get themselves in over four letters.
A glowing Hudson radiates high spirits, and Mr. Townsend ... makes his chameleon character seem credible.
Stembridge keeps things bustling along at a lively enough pace to deflect any introspective focus on the matchups that are never presented as relationships, only flings.
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