Simply A Masterpiece

Nice effects though.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I loved this movie, because it's a good movie but also because I have Asperger's syndrome as well. Watching this movie I could relate to Adam a lot. I am not a very social person, I get nervous around crowds and large groups of people. I feel awkward in a crowed and even with speaking with people. I have all the traits Adam has, but I have come a long way. I loved Adam and Beth's relationship in the movie. Beth is trying to understand Adam as best as she could, but it is so hard. I have had this happen to me many times, people have tried to understand me and my awkwardness. But that is just me, and I love who I am. Aspie's like Adam and me try to fit in to society, though it is very hard for us because we don't think like normal people do. In the movie Adam tries to show Beth the way he thinks but she does not click sometimes, in the end their relationship does not work out which really made me sad. But I also liked the ending because Beth cares for Adam still by sending him a copy of her children's book called "Adam" in the end she tells us that Adam showed her true love, one that is pure and that he was a real man. All the cast did great and it was a great movie, I hope this opens peoples eyes to Asperger's syndrome more, because I am reading now that it is becoming more common today. I give "Adam" a 10/10 and this is coming from someone like him. Adam and Beth's relationship reminds me of my own with my wife, we have been married for about a year now and my wife has her moments with me, but she has told me countless times that she loves me for who I am and that I should never be ashamed for who I am. What's beautiful too is that she to has Asperger's, we both have our moments but we get through them. I loved "Adam" and I think you will to.10/10 for Adam

... and you will have to watch a lot of movies, stay up a lot of nights, eat a lot of junk food, and write a lot of IMDb reviews to find better chemistry than that between Rose Byrne and Dancy.Rose Byrne is not merely good, she is great. Her face is virtually made of liquid plastic and you barely realize that she is telegraphing individual emotions to the viewer before she herself even has a chance to register them.Dancy's role is perhaps a tad overwritten, especially because, in the period since the film was made, medicine has not been kind to AS and seems determined to relegate it to merely "one constellation in the wide spectrum of Autism" as opposed to a condition of its own, telethon-worthy But that is a Hollywood thing --- when you think of Dustin Hoffman setting the bar in RAIN MAN, you actually become grateful they didn't drag Adam to the nearest casino to see if he could count cards It is a good, solid, very engaging rom-com that, through no fault of its own, has been cast into the dustbin of film history and branded a "disease" film instead of a work of entertainment and joy.Which suggests that, if the writer did not have AS, perhaps the publicist did...?

Adam Raki (Hugh Dancy) is alone after the death of his father. He suffers from Asperger's and has difficulty relating with people. Beth Buchwald (Rose Byrne) moves into the apartment above him. They develop a friendship but its awkward as they move forward to something more. He's lost his job, and her father (Peter Gallagher) is being investigated.This is a really sweet rom-com with mental illness. I am a little concerned about the realism of Adam's mannerism. Hugh Dancy is absolutely lovely which does make it look too nicely written. Sometimes I feel like I can see the lines written coming out of the movie. Nevertheless I do like the allusion to the naked king and the little boy. The two leads are super nice together.

Adam is part of an unfortunate trend I'm starting to notice from Hollywood - the trend of the unhappy ending. It is one of those failed romance movies. A movie about a "romance" that ultimately leaves us all alone. It tries miserably to buy us off at the end with the ex-girlfriend sending the ex-boyfriend a book for a present, which he sits and reads all alone on a park bench, with all indications being that he will live and dies all alone, too, because some bad writing in a couple of crucial scenes all but destroyed what will probably be the single chance at companionship this "unattractively" quirky guy gets in his entire life.The movie makes a passing remark about how many people with asperger's DO get married and have their happily ever after. Why in god's name didn't they make a movie about one of THOSE couples? I normally try to avoid rubbish like this, but due to some misleading advertising, I was under the impression it gave asperger's a chance to show off it's interesting characteristic and to receive a little love from the universe. I was under the impression that for once, a shy guy without that George Clooney-esque cockiness would get the girl of his dreams. I wound up watching it, and without researching it on Wikipedia first. Both these things were huge mistakes. The movie sets you up only to knock you down. It warms your heart only so you don't see the sucker punch waiting for it.I'd like to make a plea not just to the makers of this movie, but to all of Hollywood. We don't need you to make us miserable, break our hearts and tear down our hopes. That's what real life is for. We come to you for happiness and comfort. We come to you to inspire us, to help us believe that good things can come true - that we can overcome our obstacles and find what it is we're looking for and have it to keep for the rest of our lives.We don't need you to tell us that the universe severely punishes the weird, for being weird. We don't need you to tell us that the losers are gonna lose. Most of us know all that. And most of us want to be able to believe in a better world. Please, give us that much. You get our $15 for the tickets either way.