Adam

Release Year: 2009

Director: Max Mayer

Review: The premise had be intrigued, a man with Asperger syndrome gets involved with a normal woman, and they struggle as a couple.  The problem is movie fails to set up a believable relationship.  On the one hand you have Beth (Rose Byrne) an impossibly attractive, charismatic and seemingly flawless women and Adam (Hugh Dancy), a shuttered, introverted, emotionally closed and at times angry man with Aspergers.  Through random chance they meet and become a couple, and yet it is never shown what is appealing in Adam to Beth.  There is zero believability in the relationship, something the entire film is pivoted on.  There are some touching moments, and it does bring up good questions on the extents of love, and what we are willing to overcome in a relationship, but on a whole it fails.  Its overly convenient and never captures the essence of the relationship, a misstep which cannot be overlooked.
Rating: 3/5