Sundance Review: ‘Adam’

After hearing some great things about ‘Adam’ I decided to strike out and see it. It was a super packed house and everyone had the same idea.

The movie itself had a great story, a guy with Asperger Syndrome loses his dad and is determined to live life on his own. A school teacher/writer movies into an empty apartment on the 3rd floor and he is immediately smitten with her. After hanging out a few times she starts to think about what it would be like to have a relationship with someone that has Asperger’s. Their love blossoms from there and they strike out in a relationship.

After realizing that Adam isn’t able to understand simple things like saying ‘I Love You’, and knowing how she feels about things. Her father, played by Peter Gallagher, doesn’t help things out at all by not approving of him and telling her that she doesn’t need to be with him.

Even with a good plot, the execution of the movie falls flat. It is both slow, and boring. I almost fell asleep in the movie several times and just didn’t do anything for me. After telling a lot of other people about this they seemed to feel similar, I really just cant bring myself to like this movie.

Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 5