- Actors: Stuart Townsend, Kate Hudson, Tommy Tiernan, Frances O'Connor, Stewart Roche
- Directors: Gerard Stembridge
- Writers: Gerard Stembridge
- Producers: Anna J. Devlin, David Aukin, David M. Thompson, Harvey Weinstein, Marina Hughes
- Format: PAL
- Language English, French
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Metrodome
- DVD Release Date: 7 Oct 2002
- Run Time: 105 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005NCZ6
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 32,725 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Directed by playwright Gerard Stembridge, About Adam is a charmingly funny romantic comedy set against an unusually trendy Dublin backdrop. Adam (Stuart Townsend) is the sweetly bashful young man for whom singing bistro waitress Lucy (Kate Hudson) falls. She introduces him to her family who adore him, she proposes marriage to him from onstage, he accepts. However, in a clever series of flashbacks and alternative narrative perspectives, we see that Adam has shown very different sides of his character and told a very different story about himself in seducing Lucy's bookish sister Laura (Frances O'Connor), her older, unhappily married sister Alice (Charlotte Bradley) and even inducing a deeply embarrassing boyish infatuation in young brother David. Two questions arise; which of these is the "real" Adam? And will he be exposed and punished as a bounder?
The resolution, when it comes, is as pleasingly unpredictable as the film itself, which not only resolutely avoids the usual rustic clichés of skirling soundtracks and verdant scenery usually deployed in Irish films, but, in its deceptively light way, poses some pertinent questions about romance, fidelity and truth, while filling you with a warm glow.
On the DVD: Presented in audio options 5.1 and 2.0. The disc contains various extras, including trailer, interviews with cast and director (in which Gerard Stembridge explains that Adam is "a joke on the New Man") and b-roll footage. However, the interviews are sloppily edited, while the b-roll footage consists of little than various inconsequential outtakes, which look like they've been grabbed randomly from the cutting room floor and sellotaped together. --David Stubbs
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He's the most outrageous secret three sisters ever kept... from each other.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely excellent, well worth a watch,
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This review is from: About Adam [2001] [DVD] (DVD)
When you first look at the poster for this film you think "chick flick".... no way, really it's all about Adam and three sisters with all the romantic problems that can lead to. Well worth a watch no matter if your a woman or man.The film's a great laugh with Kate Hudson pulling off one of her best performances yet. Certainly, well worth a watch.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Gem Of A Film!,
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This review is from: About Adam [2001] [DVD] (DVD)
I watched this the other night and am still smiling now. My daughter and I sat glued to it and it had laughs in all the right places. Kate Hudsons' accent was pretty good, not perfect but then neither is mine! Frances O'Connor was fantastic as the slightly dotty sister who always has her nose in a book. But the most oustanding performance has got to be from Stuart Townsend. He was brilliant from start to finish and had us in stitches.
The story is pretty simple...Lucy,(Hudson), is the youngest daughter of a typical Irish family. She's always flitting from boyfriend to boyfriend getting bored with them all very quickly. That is until she meets shy, sweet and perfect Adam,(Townsend). The story is told from the perspective of all the members of Lucy's family, all of whom fall in love with Adam! (Including her straight brother to a certain degree!!!) Adam is a typical rogue in disguise and yet he manages to break with rom/com tradition and gets away with it! I was left hoping he would, and yet I should've been wanting his head on a spike for all he does. He's a true womaniser and it's amazing to see how he gets about without getting caught in the act. I wasn't expecting too much of this film when I sat down to watch it but I was very pleasantly surprised and I will definitely be watching it again at some point not too far off. If you're a fan of typical rom/coms you may be disappointed because as I said earlier, this breaks with traditional rom/com rules and has the bad guy getting it all and getting away with it. I loved it, as did my daughter and I can't recommend it highly enough. It's well worth the watch especially if you're a fan of Townsend. Give it a go is all I can say!
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A little gem that entertains and surprises,
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This review is from: About Adam [2001] [DVD] (DVD)
I agree ..about this not being a chick flick despite how it looks on the surface. About Adam is an intelligently written comedy that guys will probably end up liking more then girls due to that fact that the Stuart Townsend character is such a expert manipulator of women that you can't help but secretly admire his tactics whilst laughing the the seemingly inescapable situations he creates and navigates! Also thankfully this film doesn't have the usual "make him pay for his crimes against women" ending that seems to be demanded nearly every film of this genre. Hense you don't feel let down in the way that so many 'funny' comedys do due to their inability to form a 'realistic' conclusion rather than a just one.
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