Uinta County News
| almost 4 years ago
In the new romantic comedy Adam, the lead character struggles to woo his neighbour Beth. When he's with her, Adam talks too much and can't quite make eye contact. And in one scene he asks Beth if she was sexually excited when they first sat together.
Androscoggin News
| almost 4 years ago
Hugh Dancy did a peculiar thing for an actor who seems uncomfortable in the glare of the spotlight. He announced his engagement to actress Claire Danes last February just before the release of his high-profile studio film Confessions of a Shopaholic.
Herald Net
| almost 4 years ago
Friday, August 14, 2009 ‘Adam’ doesn’t come to life beyond illness angle Herald Movie Critic It seems to me the acid test for a movie about someone with an illness is, whether the movie’s characters, setting, dialogue, etc., be just as compelling...
The Mercury News
| almost 4 years ago
The fascinating, unexpected complications that could arise from the relationship never arrive...Adam is built almost entirely of quirks: He's fastidious, obsessive-compulsive, blunt, shy, willing to wear a spacesuit around the house, but, despite...
Seattle Times
| almost 4 years ago
For much of its first hour, writer/director Max Mayer's "Adam" is one of the year's more endearing love stories...As long as they're taking small steps toward a relationship, the movie is on solid ground. Mayer's script delights in setting up moments...
Seattle Weekly
| almost 4 years ago
Writer-director Mayer tries to reduce the improbability quotient by loading Beth up with burdens of her own (including Peter Gallagher , who does "feckless father" in his sleep) that test the authenticity of her values. To his credit, Dancy doesn't...
Uinta County News
| almost 4 years ago
A pparently I’ve been living my entire 24 years of life as a fraud. Everything in Dania Jekel’s and Lucy Berrington’s column describes my life to a T (“Asperger’s adults unaided,” Aug. 8). The doctors and counselors I’ve seen and the testing I’ve...
