Adam (2009 film)
- Hugh Dancy: Adam
- Rose Byrne: Beth
- Peter Gallagher: Marty Buchwald
- Amy Irving: Rebecca Buchwald
- Frankie Faison: Harlan
- Mark Linn -Baker: Sam Klieber
Adam - A story about two strangers. One little stranger than the other. is a comedy film directed by Max Mayer from the year 2009.
Action
Adam is set for the first time on his own at age 29 after the death of his father. As he learns the newly drawn into the apartment building neighbor Beth know. Beth finds the charming and handsome Adam in some way interesting and Adam is attracted to Beth. However, Adam suffers from autism spectrum belonging Asperger syndrome. This makes it difficult for him to maintain social contacts. Adam also has a special interest in the universe, which are characteristic of his otherness. Beth does not see this syndrome but as an obstacle to a life together. When Adam Beth However unmasked at a white lie, he loses control and a dispute follows. As also the father of Beth, who wants to talk her out of love for Adam, is sentenced to imprisonment, the relationship seems to have no future. Adam tries to persuade Beth to move with him, because he can not live without them and he has to move the residence to another city because of his new profession. Beth denied this, however. The film ends with an extract from his life in the new city.
Reviews
" Although it is a quality characteristic of Adam, not to problematize the illness of his protagonists, just robbed a surfeit of harmony the film dynamics. [ ... ] If Adam with puppy dog eyes asking for any indiscretion, what he had done wrong, Asperger syndrome is finally transfigured to the amiable property. [ ... ] The calculated manner in which Adam the quirks of his protagonist uses to trigger delight the audience is suspiciously close to Zemeckis ' Forrest Gump kitschy epic turn. "
" Adam is a man like from another planet. But this little silent film by Max Meyer treated him as a natural part of our world, where comedy and tragedy are held in the sensitive balance. Once Adam Beth takes late at night with the Central Park to show you two raccoons - even an exotic pair: They do not belong here really here, 'he says, but they 're there .' Adam also happens to be there. And Beth is now once there. You can really only learn from each other. "