Adam (2009)

... and you will have to watch a lot of movies, stay up a lot of nights, eat a lot of junk food, and write a lot of IMDb reviews to find better chemistry than that between Rose Byrne and Dancy.Rose Byrne is not merely good, she is great. Her face is virtually made of liquid plastic and you barely realize that she is telegraphing individual emotions to the viewer before she herself even has a chance to register them.Dancy's role is perhaps a tad overwritten, especially because, in the period since the film was made, medicine has not been kind to AS and seems determined to relegate it to merely "one constellation in the wide spectrum of Autism" as opposed to a condition of its own, telethon-worthy But that is a Hollywood thing --- when you think of Dustin Hoffman setting the bar in RAIN MAN, you actually become grateful they didn't drag Adam to the nearest casino to see if he could count cards It is a good, solid, very engaging rom-com that, through no fault of its own, has been cast into the dustbin of film history and branded a "disease" film instead of a work of entertainment and joy.Which suggests that, if the writer did not have AS, perhaps the publicist did...?

really a wonderful film, made me laugh and cry but unfortunately i thought it was spoilt by a soundtrack which is at best mediocre and, on more than one occasion, quite painful. e.g. we didn't need tense despairing music while he was crying against a door. it was a bit 'this part is sad, OK ????????'. the orchestral pieces needed to be more subtle (although to be honest if i was scoring a film i wouldn't use anything orchestral but w/e) and the vocal stuff, less 9 year old girl's ipod. i actually don't know anyone with asperger's so i'm not really judging from an educated place, but hugh dancy did a really sound job and created a very real character which matched well with an equally real plot. i loved everything except the prolonged trudging through the snow and music which was very unimaginative; a shame since the rest of the film was so well done.

a special film. for art to escape from many traps. for science to present a complicated problem in few lines. for impressive Hugh Dancy in a beautiful role. for atmosphere and questions and fragile way to discover the other. a love story by a not ordinary recipes. a drawing as gentle letter. a character behind Asperger syndrome because it is more than pledge for tolerance or moralistic manifesto, more than a beautiful tale or show about crisis. it is occasion for reflection. out of definitions, out of formula of looser versus winner or Charming Prince. in this case , Little Prince is more important. because it is picture of solitude. personal worlds, a father who is not expected idol, a mother for who sacrifice is foundation of marriage but , in same measure, life lesson for future of her daughter, a young woman for who truth is essential in existence and Adam who is himself. that is all. at first sight. just a beginning. the rest is hidden in viewer.

Spoiler Alert. The movie is well written until the last 1/4. It becomes predictable and unoriginal, it neglects to take the movie as far as it should go almost as a means of protecting the hearts of the audience. For the movie to receive a rating higher than a 6 and be deemed a classic, Adam has to die. If he did the movie would be on par with other screenplay masterpieces, but because he doesn't it becomes nothing more than just another decent movie. Don't get me wrong the movie was enjoyable, but the ending just left me slightly upset that Mayer wasn't capable of fully weaving greatness into the conclusion. I recommend the movie, but just don't get your hopes up to be amazed by the ending, because it will let you down.