SummaryRomance 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 ... Read More
Adam
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Mixed or Average
56
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Generally Favorable
7.7
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
59% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
37% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
80
Subtlety and nuance mark both the film's dialogue and performances. It's hard to see how Dancy and Byrne could be any better.
75
The beautifully crafted Adam offers no pat or easy answers.
User score
Generally Favorable
83% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
11% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
6% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
Aug 16, 2011
10
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 be required to watch this movie because it simply warms your soul and makes your heart bleed. A true cinematic gem.
Sep 13, 2010
10
Adam is a hilarious movie. The combination of a toy designer who has Asperger's Syndrome and his neighbor(Neither of whom understand each other)are what makes Adam the masterpiece it is. Don't miss it.
70
A sensitive but not sentimental story about a romance involving a mentally challenged young man never makes a misstep.
63
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.
60
Adam succeeds at getting inside its hero's mind and, more impressively still, gives us entrée to his singular soul.
50
Is a man with Asperger’s boyfriend material? It’s difficult to determine how we wind up here, but it’s strange that a movie ostensibly about a man and his lack of social options left me depressed about a woman and hers.
30
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.
Apr 1, 2012
8
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.
Jun 11, 2011
8
I would really like to give this movie a solid 10, as Hugh Dancy's brilliant portrayal **** 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.
Production Company:
- Olympus Pictures
- Deer Path Productions
- Northwood Productions
- Serenade Films
- Vox3 Films
Release Date:Jul 29, 2009
Duration:1 h 39 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:A story about two strangers. One a little stranger than the other...
Awards
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Method Fest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
