Adam 2009 123movies

Watch: Adam 2009 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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. Beth and Adam’s ultimate connection leads to a tricky relationship that exemplifies something universal: truly reaching another person means bravely stretching into uncomfortable territory and the resulting shake-up can be liberating..
Plot: Adam, a lonely man with Asperger’s Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.
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Ratings:

	7.2/10 Votes: 34,830
	66% | RottenTomatoes
	56/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 366 Popularity: 12.789 | TMDB

Reviews:

Profoundly sensitive and instructive movie for those with AS and without
I’ve needed to see this movie ever since I heard about it’s existence, unfortunately it was not given a proper release in the UK, so I had to wait for the US DVD to come out. It’s a film about a relationship between a man with Asperger’s Syndrome (Adam) and a young woman (Beth). As I have Asperger’s Syndrome and I heard that this movie was well made I was understandably interested. I have tended in the past to find movies and TV shows portraying autism absurd. Fortunately this was not the case here.

The level of observation here was really very good, small things like how Adam doesn’t look at people in the face, how he becomes agitated at work over comments that his boss makes that are meant to be humorous or confidence building (I am used to blank stares from my performance planner when I take things the wrong way).

At one point Adam trembles behind his bedroom door when he is being asked to come out to a social event from the other side, pretending he is not there. I’ve done that myself. He reminds me of me when I was at university. Food fads is another, Adam has Macaroni Cheese every night of the week. Currently I have a chicken Kiev with raw mushrooms and yellow peppers pretty much every night of the week.

Although he’s very talented, he only managed to get the electrical engineering job he holds via his father convincing the boss to hire him. I was never able to convince anyone that I was worth hiring, even though I have a degree from Oxford. After several terrible years following university, I managed to get a job in an office where the head of the office was my brother-in-law. I can do the job well, and am even being promoted, getting in the door is the hard part. In the UK at least, employment rates for people with Asperger’s Syndrome are upsettingly low. The idea of selling oneself in an interview doesn’t work, and when you’re up against people who will bend the truth to get ahead, it’s really difficult. That’s another good thing the film picked up on, honesty. If you’re tired of guys lying to you ladies, pick up an Aspie.

I was personally moved a lot by the beginning of the movie and the end of the movie. There’s an excellent introduction using the story of Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Saint-Exupéry as a metaphor. I knew at this point that it was going to be a good movie, it is perhaps the most tactful and tender approach to the subject that there could be. I won’t spoil the ending of the movie, but from reading what other people have said, it’s very easy to mistake what is happening, obliquely, I will recommend that you concentrate on an incident concerning boxes.

I’m a few years older than Adam, and readier than he is, but love has never come my way, as there are not many Beths out there, and being 6ft 7 tall and also stocky I am not exactly of the “non-threatening male” physique typified by Hugh Dancy in this movie. My way of boring people to death with over detail is film, and even though I know that people don’t want to know I will still start telling them about the history of film starting in 1888 (or if I’m feeling more loquacious, starting with Muybridge). The stupidest cosmological one I do (like Adam), is explain how novae happen in binary systems with a red giant and white dwarf. More recently I have started telling people why Sirius flickers 😉 People think I am trying to make them feel stupid or inferior, which is absolutely not the case, but I still do it even though I know this, I just can’t stop myself.

As an autistic, I felt that this movie was extremely tender, but also very educational and instructive, I felt almost like I was a chick being feathered off a tree limb for the first flight. “Adam” does not aim at staggering mise-en-scene, it is not an Antonioni movie, but it is possibly the worthiest film you can see. The worst thing about Asperger’s is that there are many people who will tell you, even straight to your face, that it doesn’t exist, even a doctor I knew was pretty much of that opinion. People associate mental disability with physical impairment, and because there is none with Asperger’s (except sometimes clumsiness, or “gangliness”), for a lot of people it just doesn’t register, even though there are defined and recognisable developmental symptoms. This film, in a way, is an acknowledgement that it does exist, and is proof if ever I was cynical enough to believe otherwise, that films can change the world.

In the stars
Sometimes mental disorders are romanticized in the movies, something that Hollywood loves to do. When a plausible story, told from a different perspective, comes along, it is worth a visit to see how independent creators deal with the situation, which is at the center of “Adam”.

When we meet Adam, he is preparing to go to his father’s funeral. His good friend, Harlan, accompanies him to the cemetery. Adam looks as though his world had collapsed with this loss. He is some sort of electrical engineer, working in a small firm. When his boss comes to tell him he is being let go, Adam seems to come to a stop.

The arrival of the young woman to the brownstone where he lives, marks a change for Adam; he is attracted to Beth, a writer of children’s books, and working as a teacher. She exudes a radiant beauty that does not escape Adam’s attention. As they become friendly, he announces he is suffering from Asperger Syndrome, an illness much like autism. Adam, who can be charming, begins to fall in love with Beth.

A girl from the suburbs, Beth is shaken when her father confesses of an investigation where he is suspected of having been involved. As she becomes more involved with Adam, she is guarded because of a recent painful experience that she ended not long ago. When she invites Adam to see a play with her, Beth took the opportunity to introduce him to her parents. Adam, finds out the deception. When an offer comes from an observatory in California, he asks Beth to go with him, but she does not have it in her, or perhaps, she is not quite ready for a commitment with this mentally challenged man.

“Adam”, written and directed by Max Mayer, is an enjoyable film about two people that are attracted to one another, but in the end, they are separated by a reality that makes the Asperger sufferer, Adam, resign an uncertain future with Beth. One of the assets of the film lies in its plausibility. We realize the difficulties in such a relationship.

Hugh Dancy is wonderful as Adam, and Rose Byrne makes a good impression as Beth. The rest of the cast, lovely Amy Irving and Peter Gallagher, seen as Beth parents are fine as well. Frankie Faison appears as Harlan. Seamus Tierney, the director of photography gives a nice rendering of the Manhattan where the action takes place. Christopher Lennertz contributed the tuneful music score that blends well with the movie.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 39 min (99 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 3037173
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director Max Mayer
Writer Max Mayer
Actors Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher
Country United States
Awards 2 wins & 3 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arriflex D-20
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format ARRIRAW
Cinematographic Process ARRIRAW (source format), Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)