About Adam (2001)

Boring, long, and too preachy.

Best movie of this year hands down!

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

I just don't get the good reviews. I found no redeeming value in this film whatsoever!Though neither prudish nor religious, I nevertheless missed, somehow, the delight that other viewers experienced in the lies and secret dalliances of Adam with his fiancée's sisters. Evidently no one had a problem with the groom engaging in affairs with his intended's family, or with sisters casually helping themselves to their sister's beau.The folks responsible for this film seem to glorify, or in the very least accept, unbridled deceit - as long as the primary deceiver is a charismatic charmer who can lie without guilt!All in all, I found "About Adam" as pointless and boring as pizza without cheese... and a total waste of time and money!

I think mar3429's comments hit it right on the nail for me (http://www.imdb.com/user/ur5155618/comments). I suppose a lot of women here did not find this insulting, but I sure did! Sex from a womanizer solves all your problems? On top of all the cheating, sisters actually willing to cheat with another sister's fiancé? I can't imagine ever sharing a man with my sister (which I consider as morally bad as incest, a sentiment that few may share but has been expressed in, say, Hamlet), and I certainly would not feel better after I did! I only finished the movie because I thought Adam and/or the sisters might learn a lesson. Or anyone learning a lesson that's not "sleep with Adam and you will be better off." No such luck.It's not that I think disgusting topics should never be filmed, but I can't believe it was made into a romantic comedy. What's romantic or funny about this? To put my opinion in perspective, however, I also think that movies in which people about to get married but instead meet some other person who is the man/woman of their dreams (e.g. Forces of Nature, Serendipity, etc.) is not romantic--that's called cold feet and unwillingness to commit! If you think you might feel the same way I do, please avoid this movie so as not to feel tortured.

A lot has changed in Ireland in the last twenty years, and there's little of the old Oirishry on display in this film, which is set instead against a backdrop of posh department stores and stylish cafés. A glib, celebratory tone underpins what commences as a run-of-the-mill romcom, before the plot starts to venture into more unorthodox territory. But the film never really dares to take sides, and a weak conclusion suggests that all the tastier material should be reconsidered just as part of the froth. The result is an odd film, with all the flaws of a feel-good movie, but which doesn't actually make you feel good in the end.

An excellent, inspiring movie. And maybe, just maybe, it'll convince a few of all those boring men in the world to be.. not boring. And not just men, women too.I bonded particularly with Frances O'Connor as Laura, hungry for passion and thrilled at what she found. I enjoyed seeing her evolve throughout the film, a lot because i get those bursts of passion, and i think next time i will try to make it more of an evolving experience than i previously have.It's funny because i found out about this movie (and decided to spend the time watching it) only because Kate Hudson was in it, because she does look great so it wouldn't be a complete disaster. And then I find out there are all these other talented actors in the movie too, and this Gerard Stembridge really seems to know what he's doing. Marvelous.And then of course, there was Adam. Given this much space to swing his arms about Stuart Townsend comes across as very convincing. Eager to please, taking every chance to spread some happiness. And with good reason too, because really.. why not?