Director-writer Max Mayer brings us a story of Adam (Hugh Dancy), a young man with Asperger's Syndrome living in New York City. His father just died and he recently lost his job as an electronics engineer. His escape of all his troubles is his love of space exploration.
One day he meets cute his new neighbor, Beth (Rose Byrne), when both come down to do laundry. Beth is a school teacher and aspiring children's book author. After this encounter, Beth is immediately smitten with Adam.
Because of Adam's condition, he is quite awkward in social situations and usually resorts back to taking about space but it is this subject that brings our couple together as Adam shows Beth his home planetarium.
When Beth learns about Adam's condition, she consults a colleague about Asperger's and whether or not you can form a romantic relationship with someone with it. This scene really played out like a very special episode of Blossom.
Adam and Beth also connect over two raccoons in Central Park. Soon enough the two start dating.
A subplot, which was sort of unnecessary to the film's plot, involves Beth's father (Peter Gallagher) as he goes on trial of accounting fraud. He mentions is so casually near the beginning of the film that you think that it was meant to be a comedic bit.
Hugh Dancy offers a fine performance as someone with Asperger's without going too over the top but he tries to be too cute in some scenes like the Christmas party scene or when he meets Beth's parents for the first time.
Byrne also turns in a nice performance as Beth and has nice chemistry with Dancy. Gallagher on the other hand was over the top as Beth's dad especially when he tries to forbid when Beth from seeing Adam.
It wasn't a fantastic movie but overall Adam was a good tale with good performances if only it didn't try to be too cute.
One day he meets cute his new neighbor, Beth (Rose Byrne), when both come down to do laundry. Beth is a school teacher and aspiring children's book author. After this encounter, Beth is immediately smitten with Adam.
Because of Adam's condition, he is quite awkward in social situations and usually resorts back to taking about space but it is this subject that brings our couple together as Adam shows Beth his home planetarium.
When Beth learns about Adam's condition, she consults a colleague about Asperger's and whether or not you can form a romantic relationship with someone with it. This scene really played out like a very special episode of Blossom.
Adam and Beth also connect over two raccoons in Central Park. Soon enough the two start dating.
A subplot, which was sort of unnecessary to the film's plot, involves Beth's father (Peter Gallagher) as he goes on trial of accounting fraud. He mentions is so casually near the beginning of the film that you think that it was meant to be a comedic bit.
Hugh Dancy offers a fine performance as someone with Asperger's without going too over the top but he tries to be too cute in some scenes like the Christmas party scene or when he meets Beth's parents for the first time.
Byrne also turns in a nice performance as Beth and has nice chemistry with Dancy. Gallagher on the other hand was over the top as Beth's dad especially when he tries to forbid when Beth from seeing Adam.
It wasn't a fantastic movie but overall Adam was a good tale with good performances if only it didn't try to be too cute.
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