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7 August 2009 (UK) moreTagline:
A story about two strangers. One a little stranger than the other...Plot:
Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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2 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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With Adam, Damages' Rose Byrne Wants to Make You Laugh: The Movieline Interview (From Movieline. 9 July 2009, 1:00 PM, PDT)
Maui Film Festival Gearing Up For 2009 Season
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A quirky romantic comedy moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Hugh Dancy | ... | Adam Raki | |
| Rose Byrne | ... | Beth Buchwald | |
| Peter Gallagher | ... | Marty Buchwald | |
| Amy Irving | ... | Rebecca Buchwald | |
| Frankie Faison | ... | Harlan | |
| Mark Linn-Baker | ... | Sam Klieber | |
| Haviland Morris | ... | Lyra | |
| Adam LeFevre | ... | Mr. Wardlow | |
| Mike Hodge | ... | Judge | |
| Peter O'Hara | ... | Williams | |
| John Rothman | ... | Beranbaum | |
| Terry Walters | ... | Michael | |
| Susan Porro | ... | Jen | |
| Maddie Corman | ... | Robin | |
| Jeff Hiller | ... | Rom |
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You won't find traditional romantic comedies at Sundance. But quirky romantic comedies were in this year. And how much quirkier can you get than Adam, where the male lead (Hugh Dancy) has Asperger's Syndrome (like a mild, high-functional form of autism) and the female lead (Rose Byrne) is a hot and seemingly normal babe? And that's the movieAdam is very nice but extremely weird, socially awkward, prone to erratic behavior and a societal misfit, and Beth is everything you'd want in a woman.
(This should provide a ray of hope for all the geeky guys fantasizing about a beautiful, charming and good-hearted woman falling in love with them one day. I can hear it now: "If Beth can fall for Adam, then why not me? After all, he has Asperger's and all I've got is this little hygiene problem, plus my two-room Star Wars collection.")
The movie opens with the death of Adam's father. We follow him to work, where he is writing microchip software for toys and fixated on creating interesting functionality while his boss simply wants to cut costs. He stays in the apartment he had shared with his dad, eating the same meals every day, sitting in the same chair, and following his established routines until Rose moves into the building. Adam falls in love, in his obsessive way. Rose is attracted to Adam, but naturally wary. And things proceed from there, as they work out their relationship while enduring painfully awkward physical contacts and even more pain and awkwardness meeting the friends and parents, and ultimately well, you've got to see the film. But for my money, the ending was the best part.
Adam is a cute, mildly entertaining movie, with laughs and smiles despite a less than polished script. Both Dancy and Byrne give fine performances, and veteran actors Peter Gallagher and Amy Irving are quite good as Beth's parents. Written and directed by Max Mayer, it was picked up at Sundance by Fox Searchlight and will likely be released in 2009.