B-

... a sepia-toned dirge of a film, pointedly sluggish and crabbed

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01/29/05

5/10

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10/07/04

B+

I was much impressed with this superbly performed and tightly scripted noirish period drama.

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09/16/04

N/A

Where it’s disturbing is in McGregor’s challenging, defiant performance...

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09/08/04

2/4

The story's drab, attention-span-testing pace makes it tough to keep wondering what dark secrets shuffle beneath the surface.

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07/30/04

N/A

A humorless and dank display of ashcan angst that leaves you wishing theater restrooms had shower facilities.

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06/25/04

3.5/5

A movie that delights in creating atmosphere at the expense of dialogue, and its effectiveness is testament to the genius of the performances.

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06/25/04

3.5/4

Young Adam" is a study in contrasts. It's a movie full of explicit sex scenes and almost no passion, and it's a beautiful-looking film with a very ugly soul at its center.

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06/25/04

2.5/5

An amoral and boring affair, beautifully filmed but empty at its core.

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06/25/04

C

The movie ladles out its atmosphere of quiet dread admirably, but atmosphere alone seldom makes a film watchable. This one is too sour in its attitude and vague in its ideas.

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06/12/04

1.5/4

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06/12/04

.5/4

The filmgoing experience is just short of torture.

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06/11/04

3/4

A bleak, static portrait of stilted, stunted lives.

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06/10/04