Adam (2009) 7/10

Starring : Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving
Director : Max Mayer
Running Time : 99 mins

Schoolteacher BethBuchwald (Byrne) moves into a new apartment and meets Adam Raki (Dancy), her upstairs neighbour who she is attracted to in spite of his peculiar ways. They soon develop a relationship with each other, but Adam’s issues with Asperger’s Syndrome cause them to struggle, especially when he loses his job and starts acting out against her.

This is a sweet movie, but the problem for most people is that Adam isn’t very likeable. The fact is he shouldn’t have to be – he has an illness and that’s what viewers have to realise. Byrne and Dancy work well together on the whole, but after a while you start wondering what Byrne sees in him, other than the idea that she wants to fix him and help him rather than love him.

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