Commentary by writerdirector max mayer and producer leslie urdang deleted scenes and alternate scenes featurette. Its unclear how much of a storybook lifetime the two will have together. Adtunes, the leading source of advertising music information, welcomes you. Soon after moving in, beth, a brainy, beautiful writer damaged from a past relationship encounters adam, the handsome, but odd, fellow in the downstairs apartment whose awkwardness is perplexing. And byrnes sad, upturned eyebrows, help add depth to a character that in the end we. Released july 29th, 2009, adam stars hugh dancy, rose byrne, frankie r. Adam wraps up their story in too tidy a package, insisting on finding the upbeat in the murky, and missing the chance to be more thoughtful about this challenging situation. Adam raki hugh dancy is a young man with asperger syndrome living alone in manhattan after his fathers recent death. Dancy gives a fine, fastidiously researched performance as the. Mary, a lonely, eightyearold girl living in the suburbs of melbourne, and max, a fortyfouryear old, severely obese man living in new york. Due to his condition, adam isnt the best when it comes to communicating. Directed by max mayer and starring hugh dancy, rose byrne, peter gallagher and amy irving. In this heartfelt romantic comedy, hugh dancy the jane austen book club, confessions of a shopaholic stars as adam, a handsome but intriguing young man who has all his life led a. The plot follows geologist adrian helmsley ejiofor, who discovers the earths crust is becoming.
The film follows the relationship between a young man named adam dancy with asperger syndrome, and beth byrne. In this comingofage comedy, adam and those around him encounter love, friendship and hard truths. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing adam 2009 near you. The performance is given by hugh dancy, and the movie, adam. Adam movie discussion spoilers wrong planet autism. Mayer was inspired to write the films script when he heard a radio interview with a man who had aspergers. The boy and the girl in adam are no ordinary characters, and their romance is anything but familiar.
A romantic character study examining the obstacles to intimacy and the compromises we make in the name of love, adam stars hugh dancy as a man living with aspergers syndrome who does his best to reach out to his pretty new upstairs neighbor. It was sad that adam and beth didnt get together, but it was realistic. The most recent home video release of adam movie is february 2, 2010. Adam works as an electronic engineer at a toy company, and. Adam is a 29 year old man with aspergers syndrome, a high functioning form of autism. Register for a free account and join our community to post messages about the ad music you are. Joe russo signs on to write netflix sequel adams ranking of every star wars movie thus far. Adam lambert full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. In the mid1970s, a homely, friendless australian girl of 8 picks a name out of a manhattan phone book and writes to him. Adam has aspergers syndrome, a form of autism that leaves those who have it perfectly able to navigate the world but not emotions. As some have said, the ending was pretty open ended and we have no idea if adam and beth reunite or if he finds another love. Adam 2009 b sdg adam comes billed as a story about two strangers, one a little stranger than the other.
Awkward teen adam spends his last high school summer with his big sister, who throws herself into nycs lesbian and trans activist scene. Rent adam 2009 starring hugh dancy and rose byrne on dvd and bluray. Seriously though, if this isnt hugh dancy trying to make up for the last film that featured him as a dude named adam, then its part two of rose byrnes twopart 2009 marathon of working with a. Adam the 2009 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Watch about adam movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Adam dancy is a brilliant but awkward astronomy buff, who is drawn out of his sheltered existence by his beautiful and outgoing new neighbor, beth byrne. He meets the girl of his dreams but cant figure out how to tell her. Mayer was inspired to write the film s script when he heard a radio interview with a man who had aspergers. The movie, truly, is about how people are always scared of the current world boogie man, weather that be communism from before, or terrorism and global warming of now. The film stars john cusack, chiwetel ejiofor, amanda peet, oliver platt, thandie newton, danny glover, and woody harrelson.
And dont forget to check out the film, now playing in select theaters. He behaves in social situations with an honesty that approaches cruelty and doesnt seem much aware of that. An electronics and astronomy buff, adam has just been fired from his job a job his father got for him working in the electronics section of a toy company due to adam not understanding the need to reduce costs in the products as opposed to his own goal of making the best product he can. The film follows a developing relationship between adam and a new neighbour beth through hardships of life. A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals. In movies, when two twentysomethings serendipitously wind up under the same manhattan roof, witty repartee usually transpires, then sparks fly, and eventually. Adam a delightful romantic story about two strangers in search of an extraordinary connection.
Its unclear how much of a storybook lifetime the two will have. Adam, an awkward teen, spends a summer with his older sister, who is part of new york citys lesbian and trans activist scene. Faison, mark linnbaker the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 37 min, and received a score of 56 out of 100 on. What we do know is that he has grown in the intervening year and the future is. Adam on dvd february 2, 2010 starring hugh dancy, rose byrne, peter gallagher, amy irving. But whether you love or hate the movie, youve got to agree with the devastated twitter user who wrote, the ending of the mist emotionally damaged me. Adam, a lonely man with aspergers syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, beth. In this heartfelt romantic comedy, hugh dancy the jane austen book club, confessions of a shopaholic stars as adam, a handsome but intriguing young man who has all his life led a sheltered existence until he meets his new neighbor, beth rose byrne, damages, 28 weeks later, knowing, a beautiful, cosmopolitan young woman who pulls him into the outside world, with funny, touching and. Someone elses life adam 2009 movie soundtrack and lyrics. The film has a storybook ending literally, from a childrens book that beth writes. Hes goodlooking, works as an engineer, has a big, comfy apartment, is fascinated by astronomy and knows lots and lots of stuff. One of the best performances of 2009 is unfortunately contained. Adam is a 2009 american romantic comedydrama film written and directed by max mayer and starring hugh dancy and rose byrne.
Find out which scene from adam is hugh dancys favorite. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing adam 2009 near. I want to know the ending of that 2009 movie adam about the guy with aspergersi didnt get to see the last part thanks. Adam, a 29yearold electrical engineer, lives in a regimented world filled with routine meals macaroni and cheese and frozen vegetables and plain clothing neutralcolored shirts and pants. As the premiere site about ad music, adtunes features the longest running and most popular forum about songs featured in television commercials, movie trailers, television shows, movie soundtracks, and more.
Adam doesnt have the cliched happy ending so usual in hollywood, instead it presents us with an. Well, shes an only child, a condition she ruthlessly diagnoses as making her an emotional retard, selfcentered, gullible and unequipped to cope. It was produced by harald kloser, mark gordon, and larry j. Adam arrives in dvd with the following bonus materials. Beth and adams ultimate connection leads to a tricky. The movie is for the most part one of the cooler scifi experiences in memory, but the ending quickly becomes overcomplicated to the point of silliness. With hugh dancy, rose byrne, peter gallagher, amy irving. Adam is a 2009 romantic dramedy adam raki is a twenty nine year old man born with asperger syndrome living alone in manhattan after his fathers death. We dont get a full view of casey making out with her boyfriend until editor joe murphy cuts to a wide shot, forcing usand adamto acknowledge what he.
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