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About Adam

  • 20002000
  • RR
  • 1h 37m
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5.9/10
6.6K
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Kate Hudson and Stuart Townsend in About Adam (2000)
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ComedyRomance
A waitress falls for a handsome customer who seduces her, her two sisters, her brother, and her brother's girlfriend.A waitress falls for a handsome customer who seduces her, her two sisters, her brother, and her brother's girlfriend.A waitress falls for a handsome customer who seduces her, her two sisters, her brother, and her brother's girlfriend.
IMDb RATING
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6.6K
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    • Gerard Stembridge
    • Gerard Stembridge
    • Tommy Tiernan(stand-up material written by)
  • Stars
    • Stuart Townsend
    • Kate Hudson
    • Tommy Tiernan
    • Gerard Stembridge
    • Gerard Stembridge
    • Tommy Tiernan(stand-up material written by)
  • Stars
    • Stuart Townsend
    • Kate Hudson
    • Tommy Tiernan
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    • 56User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
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    Kate Hudson and Stuart Townsend in About Adam (2000)
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    Frances O'Connor and Stuart Townsend in About Adam (2000)
    Kate Hudson in About Adam (2000)
    Director Gerard Stembridge with Stuart Townsend on the set
    Kate Hudson at an event for About Adam (2000)
    Kate Hudson and Stuart Townsend at an event for About Adam (2000)
    Kate Hudson and Stuart Townsend in About Adam (2000)
    Kate Hudson in About Adam (2000)
    Frances O'Connor in About Adam (2000)
    Frances O'Connor and Stuart Townsend in About Adam (2000)

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    Stuart Townsend
    Stuart Townsend
    • Adam
    Kate Hudson
    Kate Hudson
    • Lucy Owens
    Tommy Tiernan
    Tommy Tiernan
    • Simon
    Frances O'Connor
    Frances O'Connor
    • Laura Owens
    Stewart Roche
    • Customer #1
    Aoife Maloney
    • Customer #2
    Donal Beecher
    • Andy
    Rosaleen Linehan
    • Peggy Owens
    Charlotte Bradley
    • Alice Rooney
    Alan Maher
    Alan Maher
    • David Owens
    Brendan Dempsey
    • Martin Rooney
    Cathleen Bradley
    • Karen
    Kathy Downes
    • Dympna
    Mark Smith
    • Dracula
    Roger Gregg
    • Professor Harry McCormick
    Paul Cotrulia
    • Lucy's Ex-boyfriend
    • (uncredited)
    Ciara Dredge
    • Flower Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Shay Dunphy
    Shay Dunphy
    • Voice actor
    • (uncredited)
      • Gerard Stembridge
      • Gerard Stembridge
      • Tommy Tiernan(stand-up material written by)
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    • Quotes

      Lucy Owens: [Lucy, thinking to herself while singing onstage] Ugh, This place is full of ex-boyfriends. No, don't worry, I'm not interested. there's another. Ugh, maybe Laura was right. I just can't make my mind up. I mean, they're nice boys. Well, most of them... but you know, sometimes you just wish a new face would pop up and... Oh! Well, now, look at that! Hands off, Maria. I saw him first. Is he really that shy, I wonder. Hmm. Well I suppose it's nice for a change. Ok, here goes...

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: A Knight's Tale/Angel Eyes/About Adam/The King Is Alive/Bread and Roses (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      The Man I Love
      Written by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin

      (c) Chappell & Co/New World Music Ltd/WB Music Corp.

      Used by kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Ltd

      Performed by Kate Hudson

      Piano: Donal Beecher

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    4/10
    "Oh my god. Those women - those stupid women." - Laura
    I guess from my reaction to many a romantic comedy, some may think I'm male. Actually I'm a heterosexual female who enjoys ORIGINAL romantic comedy, but I also have half a brain and expect some degree of intelligence from films.

    The Laura character summed this film up pretty thoroughly for me. She is an English actor, meaning that two of the main characters, including of course THE main female lead, were not Irish. I can't be bothered repeating why this is extremely sad - it's been said so many times - but the marketing machine behind most movies will not change it's mind about shoving Americans (or Brits) into the leads in "foreign" films, no matter how much people complain. They want the bucks, you know, and a famous names DOES mean more bums on seats. Sad but true.

    I found this film uninspired. There were perhaps 2 or 3 genuinely amusing and surprising lines. The characters were pretty much laughable, in a bad way. Adam's justification for his machiavellian behaviour I found ridiculous and unconvincing. This guy is not altruistic - that much should have been patently obvious to anyone with a brain half the size of an ant's b**ls.

    I hung on to the end. Lord knows why as I tend to advise: if you don't like a movie, turn it off. Maybe I'm feeling rather masochistic today or maybe I kept hoping something was going to happen to make it worth my while. It didn't.

    That said, if you don't care about intelligent scripts or whether a movie rehashes themes/styles/plots that have been done better elsewhere many a time and if you like fluffy, pointless romantic comedy no matter what, then watch and enjoy! 4/10
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    • cyclonev
    • May 19, 2003

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    • Release date
      • January 19, 2001 (Ireland)
      • Ireland
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
    • Production companies
      • Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
      • Venus Productions
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    • 1 hour 37 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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