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About Adam [2001] [DVD]

DVD ~ Stuart Townsend
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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  • 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
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Prism Leisure
  • DVD Release Date: 14 Oct 2002
  • Run Time: 94 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005NCZ6
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 19,111 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely excellent, well worth a watch, 15 Nov 2001
By A Customer
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.

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A little gem that entertains and surprises, 3 Mar 2002
By Mr. David Peyton (Dublin, Dublin Ireland) - See all my reviews
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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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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, 2 Aug 2005
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I was disappointed with About Adam, in the film everybody loved Adam but I just found him a little bit too smarmy. Fair enough every one of the sisters got pretty much what they wanted from Adam but I didnt like how he got away with it and I thought the ending was a bit of a let down. In addition Kate Hudson's Irish accent was a little bit more than I could take!

Passes a couple of hours but nothing fantastic.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Bad film
Fell asleep to this film, and needed subtitles on as it was in Irish and hard to understand. not as good as Kate Hudson's other films!
Published 6 months ago by Ms. A. R. Harding

5.0 out of 5 stars A Gem Of A Film!
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. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Sue Lewendon

3.0 out of 5 stars A SMART AND FUNNY COMEDY
About Adam received new life after Kate Hudson became almost famous. But while Hudson plays a key role this film is, quite literally, about Adam, as played wonderfully by Stuart... Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2007 by stuart

1.0 out of 5 stars Not even worth that one star!
DO NOT EVEN WATCH THIS MOVIE! I was actually extremely offended by this movie. Not only does it portray women as deceitful, but it makes out that they are that gullible and... Read more
Published on 4 Jul 2006 by S. Jenner-ludbrook

4.0 out of 5 stars A lighthearted movie
For the money here on Amazon I'd say it's worth getting if you're into this kind of film. A bit of a simple plot with lots of details missing, but cleverly done and intriguing to... Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2006 by Mr. G. P. Nottage

5.0 out of 5 stars priceless passions
What a gem! Thoroughly recommend it!

I found this film insightful and it's old fashioned, stylish weaving of the different perspections of the storyline a refreshing change... Read more

Published on 23 Aug 2004 by jackinabook

2.0 out of 5 stars NOT AS GOOD AS I'D HOPED!!!!!!!
I read the reviews and thought wow this is too good to be true and sure enough it was, the plot was a bit weak and the characters not particularly likeable, it chopped and changed... Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Clever Adam
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