About Adam

Rating:
Summary: Outrageous, fun, sexy, comedy!
Review: About Adam is clever, hip and has an amazing cast. Especially the neurotic Frances O'Connor, and the absolutely devilish Stuart Townsend as the irresistable cad Adam. This movie will make you laugh till it hurts. It's absolutly outrageous!

Told in the first person perspectives of 3 sisters and their brother all of which form strong ties with the camelian like character of Adam.

Adam seems the perfect lover, husband, friend, son in law or anything else he is requested to be. It's a fasinating look at how one man can involve himself so completely with one family in what seem to be a matter of weeks.

You should hate Adam, and especially if your a woman, fear a man like Adam, but you just wish that he could come and knock on your door and give you all your hearts desires.

This film is a funny guily pleasure that you will be glad to slip in to your DVD player over and over again.

Rating:
Summary: Pleasant and Charming
Review: About Adam is well written, well directed and well acted, featuring a number of charming characters played by beautiful people. My only complaint would be that, for all that, Adam is a little difficult to like for most of the movie, although, as portrayed by Stuart Townsend, he's always very attractive. As three very different sisters who fall under Adam's spell, Kate Hudson, Frances O'Connor and Charlotte Bradley all bring a lot of character to their parts, while Alan Maher and Rosaleen Linehan were hilarious as their brother and mother.
It's generally a very sweet little movie, but often things don't feel quite right. It starts off very strongly, but loses some of its appeal towards the end, perhaps because you see it through Alice's more realistic eyes, and its all a bit preposterous.

Rating:
Summary: Charming
Review: Christina Rossetti fans take notice. This is possibly one of the only movies that will ever devote any time to her writing. I was delighted with the discussion of her piece "The Goblin Market," and I knew then that this movie wasn't going to be just a little bit of fluff.

It is indeed a romantic comedy, but it doesn't stop at love and laughs. It challenges the notion of trust and morality without a hint of condemnation. Having the fantasy unfold through mulitple characters' points of view was a wonderful thing and the actors carried off the movie charmingly.

This movie lingered in my mind enough to cause me to see it again after initially viewing it. Perhaps not the best movie ever made, but certainly a pleasant way to idle away an evening.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent Light Entertainment!
Review: I have to say I enjoyed this film a great deal.As an Irish person it seems to me that almost all films set in Ireland seem to fall into two categories-the stage "Oirish" one of the Quiet Man or ones where there is so much poverty that outsiders must think that shoes only came to Ireland midway through the 20th century.This film reflects far more accurately what Dublin and Ireland is like today.Taking away the Irishness-it also works as a romantic comedy with witty and snappy dialogue and also with some great performances especially by the main stars Stuart Townsend and Kate Hudson.

The film concentrates on a family's relationship with a character called Adam.This guy Adam is a bit of stud and has the ability to go from being super-confident,to thoughtful and caring and then also extra-sensitive.He basically adapts his personality to meet the needs of everyone he encounters.The family concerned are 3 daughters,a son and a mother.At the start of the film it concentrates on the relationship between Townsend and Hudson but you soon discover that the film breaks up into three short stories.Yet all the stories take place during the same time period.Each story is dealt with almost in it's own entity,but it cleverly shows each story from the daughters perspective.So you get to see the same scenes replayed but from a different perspective.

Each one of the daughters is very different in personality.The first story is an almost conventional romance between Hudson and Townsend.This meeting introduces Adam to the family and the rest of the family subsequently fall for him in their own particular way.Yet each of the daughters are so different in personality that makes each short story very interesting in it's own right.

The dialogue is excellent and very sharp-witted.The dialogue isn't overly dramatic and is sort of based on normal every day situations.The peripheral characters add a great deal to the over-all comedy of this film.In fact many of them are involved in show-stopping moments,e.g. Hudson's ex-boyfriend,the eldest sister's husband.Throughout the film you find yourself suffering from a tension due to the amount of close-shaves Adam has.Townsend carries off the role with amazing style and panache and I'm sure he's going to go on to be a great star of the future.

Overall it's a funny and yet very light-hearted story.This isn't a thought provoking movie at all and aspects of the film do not linger with you long after it's gone.Basically it's a very entertaining,"feel good" sort of movie that will brighten up the working week.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent Light Entertainment!
Review: I have to say I enjoyed this film a great deal.As an Irish person it seems to me that almost all films set in Ireland seem to fall into two categories-the stage "Oirish" one of the Quiet Man or ones where there is so much poverty that outsiders must think that shoes only came to Ireland midway through the 20th century.This film reflects far more accurately what Dublin and Ireland is like today.Taking away the Irishness-it also works as a romantic comedy with witty and snappy dialogue and also with some great performances especially by the main stars Stuart Townsend and Kate Hudson.

The film concentrates on a family's relationship with a character called Adam.This guy Adam is a bit of stud and has the ability to go from being super-confident,to thoughtful and caring and then also extra-sensitive.He basically adapts his personality to meet the needs of everyone he encounters.The family concerned are 3 daughters,a son and a mother.At the start of the film it concentrates on the relationship between Townsend and Hudson but you soon discover that the film breaks up into three short stories.Yet all the stories take place during the same time period.Each story is dealt with almost in it's own entity,but it cleverly shows each story from the daughters perspective.So you get to see the same scenes replayed but from a different perspective.

Each one of the daughters is very different in personality.The first story is an almost conventional romance between Hudson and Townsend.This meeting introduces Adam to the family and the rest of the family subsequently fall for him in their own particular way.Yet each of the daughters are so different in personality that makes each short story very interesting in it's own right.

The dialogue is excellent and very sharp-witted.The dialogue isn't overly dramatic and is sort of based on normal every day situations.The peripheral characters add a great deal to the over-all comedy of this film.In fact many of them are involved in show-stopping moments,e.g. Hudson's ex-boyfriend,the eldest sister's husband.Throughout the film you find yourself suffering from a tension due to the amount of close-shaves Adam has.Townsend carries off the role with amazing style and panache and I'm sure he's going to go on to be a great star of the future.

Overall it's a funny and yet very light-hearted story.This isn't a thought provoking movie at all and aspects of the film do not linger with you long after it's gone.Basically it's a very entertaining,"feel good" sort of movie that will brighten up the working week.

Rating:
Summary: Really Cute
Review: I loved this movie, the acting was great and Stuart Townsend, even though the movie wasn't completely about him was what made it. He is absolutely stunning and sizzling. Kate Hudson was sweet and the plot amazing. Great flick.

Rating:
Summary: Surprisingly refreshing and witty.
Review: I managed to catch this one on the independant film channel, and I'm glad I did.
We all know romantic comedies are a dime a dozen, and though I admit to being a sucker for some, I always know the plots are predictable. Some I just watch because of who's in them, and hope that they'll be different. I lose on that score, often.
Well, this one was different. Sure, there's a love story (is there?), but there are a lot of side stories going on here.
Adam is introduced to us in a typical sort of fashion, like many love stories, and begins romancing Kate Hudson, and it seems like your regular fare, right? Sure, they are attractive, charming, but what's so special about this movie?
Well, THEN he meets the family, and that's when things get.....interesting. Told from three sisters' perspectives, it was a refreshing way to show how this Adam is seen by each person, and to see what was happening in each scene, as some are repeated, BUT from a different POV, which makes them seem new. Even one of the men seems to fall for him, as Adam is "all things to all people". Which seems to be what he's there for. But just who is Adam, really? Well, regardless of the movie's title, we never really know for certain. It's really about these OTHER people, see. Adam is never shown as himself (or is he?), only as he's perceived by others.
It is a real ensemble effort, and all of the actors are engaging in this film, down to the smallest parts. I believe it's Francis that plays the "repressed", bookish sister, and she is really wonderful in this movie.
I do have to note Stuart seems to fit the part like a glove, he's a pleasure to watch. Another actor might not have pulled off what he did..and that was to be so charming, so attractive, and somehow seem sincere (even though that's highly questionable) enough that I about forgave him, when I should hate him.
He's a cad..but somehow things work out. If you have sisters, especially, you should probably be appalled..and yet it's so damn...charming.
It's a bit self relevatory, if you ask yourself "what would I have done"?

I'll freely admit..I probably would have said "what the hell, why not"?
(then again, I dont have sisters!)

So, you may be appalled at the morals of these characters, which seems to be the critique of many who didnt like it, but leave the "real world" for a time and just watch the story unfold. Good acting, clever dialogue, film editing and a different sort of story than the norm, makes it a guilty pleasure.

(And Stuart is just too yummy, at the risk of sounding like a schoolgirl. He's also a fine actor)

Rating:
Summary: Great date movie
Review: I ran across this movie when looking for anything starring Stuart Townsend, who was incredibly sexy in Queen of the Damned. What a great surprise to find Townsend effectively playing four different parts in a very funny and appealing movie. Guys, if you want to set up a romantic evening with a movie you can actually tolerate watching yourself, give this one a try. All the women in the movie find themselves lusting after Townsend, and most female viewers probably will as well. Had my boyfriend been within a reasonable driving distance, I'd have jumped his bones as soon as this movie was over - maybe even before.

Rating:
Summary: I liked it, and I'm a picky one!
Review: I traveled to Ireland this past February, and, having nothing to do one afternoon, I caught a show with my girlfriend. Now, we figured we could see what was playing "back home" (her words, not mine), or we could "take in the culture" (again, her, not me). I reluctantly agreed, and, so, we saw <i>About Adam</i>.

Before I go any further, I must say that I loathe love stories. They've been done a thousand times over, and are never original. Boy meets girls, boy and girl fall in love/have sex, another boy (or girl... or both) comes along/they have meaningless sex, the first boy and girl break-up because of said affair, but, in the end, they find each other again. BORING!

Well, <i>About Adam</i> isn't like this, and has you scratching your head throughout, asking the person next to you, "Whad'ya think happens next?"

They way the movie is broken up (into four parts, if I remember correctly) gives it this pacing that hard to describe. In <i>About Adam</i>, we build towards a climax, get it, and then we're brought back to a certain point before the previous scenes, and, again, we meet another climax. And so on and so forth. It's not something you see in American films, and is a nice change from linear storytelling that Hollywood drools over.

You love Adam. You hate Adam. You want Adam. See <i>About Adam</i>.

Rating:
Summary: Not that funny!
Review: I was excited when I came across this movie because it's a comedy set in Ireland and made by the BBC. Although, it's somewhat intriguing it sadly lacks good humour. You might be mildly entertained by the psychology of suduction, but if you're looking for a good laugh and a warm fuzzy feeling - that one might expect from a 'romantic comedy'- then this is not for you. The Irish/British connection made me think of wonderful movies like the Commitments, Snatch, The Matchmaker, Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral, and Return to Me. This isn't in the same league!