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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.
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
Reviews for About Adam
The character can only exist among silly, somewhat desperate women. This makes the willing suspension of disbelief a tad tougher for half the viewing populace.
Stembridge makes the twists as pleasantly surprising as the dawning realization that you've gone from judge to accomplice.
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.
Stuart Townsend does an impressive balancing act in "About Adam," a sly romantic comedy set in Dublin that makes a case for the virtue of infidelity. Sort of.
A glowing Hudson radiates high spirits, and Mr. Townsend ... makes his chameleon character seem credible.
For his part Townsend does Adam with a lightness of touch that fits in with the film's cheery view of his unscrupulousness.
We've all watched enough Springer to know what happens when a fiance makes a move on the bride-to-be's sister. Those family dramas involve lawyers, if not guns and knives. Never rose petals.
If anybody still thinks Kate Hudson is getting too much mileage out of being Goldie Hawn's daughter, they'll be pleasantly surprised by the range she shows in About Adam.
While it obviously won't appeal to all viewers, the film benefits enough from some charming performances, as well as a unique enough storyline that will keep viewers wondering where it's headed, to earn a passing grade.
Self-destructs despite being quite entertaining and consistently amusing.
Sweet, likable and consistently engaging, if so insubstantial that it's always on the verge of blowing away.
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