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  • Adam
  • Opened July 29, 2009 | Runtime:1 hr. 37 min.
  • PG-13
    thematic material, sexual content and language.
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 13+. Read More
  • Adam Raki (Hugh Dancy), an electronics engineer, suffers from a developmental disorder called Asperger syndrome. When a young woman named Beth (Rose Byrne) moves into his apartment building, Adam is quite taken with her. Beth does not know quite how Read More
  • Cast: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie R. Faison
  • Director: Max Mayer
  • Genres: Romantic Drama, Romance

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    ADAM - is charmingly sweet! Rating: 86 out of 100. (Based on advance press preview)

    Wed. July 29 - I just attended the advance press preview of this evocatively 97-minute movie by directer Max Mayer - starring the talented Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne - good chemistry and wonderful performances.

    This gentle well-made drama chronicles Adam's journey to self-reliance/independence plus his search for a relationship. Adam is afflicted with ASPERGER'S SYNDROME (NOT "ASBERGER?S syndrome" - also, Adam is NOT a "computer genius" - please, get your facts right, jimchudnow).

    Aside from the engaging story-line and deep insightful thoughtful themes(love, relationship/friendship, truth, self-reliance, inner beauty, etc.), I was immersed in this movie also because of how beautifully it was filmed - good cinematography; it's delicate treatment of this particular autistic disorder; and the humanistic approach of the main character's portrayal.

    VERDICT:
    Highly recommended for fans of dramas, romance and lovers of 'independent' films
    Actual GRADE: B-PLUS

  • Must Go!

    Adam is a "first"!

    by pscohen

    Having married someone whom I've come to realize has mild Asperger's syndrome, I found this movie extremely touching, but also a watershed event to help people realize how people with Asperger's don't mean to be insensitive, and in fact are quite loveable, within their limitations. Hugh Dancy completely inhabited the role of Adam, a young man with Asperger's syndrom trying to find his place in the world after losing his father. I brought my husband to this movie, because he had yet to recognize that he has AS, and FINALLY, he agreed that the similarities were too hard to deny. So not only did Hugh Dancy do a fabulous job teaching "NT"s or normal people about those with AS, he also was able to commune with AS people. Beautiful, beautiful movie with a realistic but wonderful ending too. Five stars!

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    Aspergers is a way of life

    For those of you who do not know or do not care to know, Aspergers syndrome is a label, and as is the case with many labels; when ever the aformentioned "label" is read about in such publications as the New York Times, or Scientific American, or any other well decorated, and well researched stack of lies; the only thing a neurotypical, unchallenged person can do is feel bad for people with Aspergers. I know this is true, because I have Aspergers, and I know that Aspergers is for me and many other people a way of life rather than a way of living, I have studied the works of many brilliant men, whom like me have Aspergers, Einstein had Aspegers, and he did a lot more for all of humankind than any neurotypical person has ever done, and by typical I do not mean smart. Kudos the people who made this movie a reality. It has a lot of heart. and as a wise man once stated, "Imagination is more important than knowledge, knowledge is limited, imagination encircles the world - Albert Einstein

Adam Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    Subtlety and nuance mark both the film's dialogue and performances. It's hard...

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    It's the speed of love, not the speed of light, that occupies Adam, a small,...

  • 70
    Washington Post |

    At its best, Adam makes the viewer understand the frustration of living in a...

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    A sensitive but not sentimental story about a romance involving a mentally...

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