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Summary: Sexy and Hilarious!
Review: When I initially looked at the description of this film I thought it would be a sweet, average, romantic comedy--maybe the description was misleading me into renting it--but once I popped the tape into the VCR I fell in love with "About Adam." Some think Hudson's role in "Almost Famous" was her best, thus far, but "About Adam" is even better! It's the most fun I've had on a Friday night in a long time. I laughed and absolutely fell in love with each and every character. Stuart Townsend is my new favorite actor and I can't wait to see him in more films. If you want a wonderfully sexy movie with more laughs than you can handle buy "About Adam"!!!!!!!
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Summary: Check it out Y'all!!!
Review: The first time saw this movie was on digital cable. I came across it when I was flipping through channels & I recogonized Stuart Townsend(Could he be anymore hotter?!?!?!?!?) so I decided to watch & it was way better than I expected. Kate Hudson & Frances O'Connor were hecka cool in this movie. I love how you see Adam through different perspectives except his own throughout the movie. I got to see a few times again when i rented it on video & that time around I noticed things I didn't notice the first time I saw the movie. This movie is hecka funny & clever! It made want get in touch with my Irish roots.
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Summary: Surprisingly refreshing and witty.
Review: I managed to catch this one on the independant film channel, and I'm glad I did.
We all know romantic comedies are a dime a dozen, and though I admit to being a sucker for some, I always know the plots are predictable. Some I just watch because of who's in them, and hope that they'll be different. I lose on that score, often.
Well, this one was different. Sure, there's a love story (is there?), but there are a lot of side stories going on here.
Adam is introduced to us in a typical sort of fashion, like many love stories, and begins romancing Kate Hudson, and it seems like your regular fare, right? Sure, they are attractive, charming, but what's so special about this movie?
Well, THEN he meets the family, and that's when things get.....interesting. Told from three sisters' perspectives, it was a refreshing way to show how this Adam is seen by each person, and to see what was happening in each scene, as some are repeated, BUT from a different POV, which makes them seem new. Even one of the men seems to fall for him, as Adam is "all things to all people". Which seems to be what he's there for. But just who is Adam, really? Well, regardless of the movie's title, we never really know for certain. It's really about these OTHER people, see. Adam is never shown as himself (or is he?), only as he's perceived by others.
It is a real ensemble effort, and all of the actors are engaging in this film, down to the smallest parts. I believe it's Francis that plays the "repressed", bookish sister, and she is really wonderful in this movie.
I do have to note Stuart seems to fit the part like a glove, he's a pleasure to watch. Another actor might not have pulled off what he did..and that was to be so charming, so attractive, and somehow seem sincere (even though that's highly questionable) enough that I about forgave him, when I should hate him.
He's a cad..but somehow things work out. If you have sisters, especially, you should probably be appalled..and yet it's so damn...charming.
It's a bit self relevatory, if you ask yourself "what would I have done"?I'll freely admit..I probably would have said "what the hell, why not"?
(then again, I dont have sisters!) So, you may be appalled at the morals of these characters, which seems to be the critique of many who didnt like it, but leave the "real world" for a time and just watch the story unfold. Good acting, clever dialogue, film editing and a different sort of story than the norm, makes it a guilty pleasure. (And Stuart is just too yummy, at the risk of sounding like a schoolgirl. He's also a fine actor)
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Summary: Excellent Light Entertainment!
Review: I have to say I enjoyed this film a great deal.As an Irish person it seems to me that almost all films set in Ireland seem to fall into two categories-the stage "Oirish" one of the Quiet Man or ones where there is so much poverty that outsiders must think that shoes only came to Ireland midway through the 20th century.This film reflects far more accurately what Dublin and Ireland is like today.Taking away the Irishness-it also works as a romantic comedy with witty and snappy dialogue and also with some great performances especially by the main stars Stuart Townsend and Kate Hudson. The film concentrates on a family's relationship with a character called Adam.This guy Adam is a bit of stud and has the ability to go from being super-confident,to thoughtful and caring and then also extra-sensitive.He basically adapts his personality to meet the needs of everyone he encounters.The family concerned are 3 daughters,a son and a mother.At the start of the film it concentrates on the relationship between Townsend and Hudson but you soon discover that the film breaks up into three short stories.Yet all the stories take place during the same time period.Each story is dealt with almost in it's own entity,but it cleverly shows each story from the daughters perspective.So you get to see the same scenes replayed but from a different perspective. Each one of the daughters is very different in personality.The first story is an almost conventional romance between Hudson and Townsend.This meeting introduces Adam to the family and the rest of the family subsequently fall for him in their own particular way.Yet each of the daughters are so different in personality that makes each short story very interesting in it's own right. The dialogue is excellent and very sharp-witted.The dialogue isn't overly dramatic and is sort of based on normal every day situations.The peripheral characters add a great deal to the over-all comedy of this film.In fact many of them are involved in show-stopping moments,e.g. Hudson's ex-boyfriend,the eldest sister's husband.Throughout the film you find yourself suffering from a tension due to the amount of close-shaves Adam has.Townsend carries off the role with amazing style and panache and I'm sure he's going to go on to be a great star of the future. Overall it's a funny and yet very light-hearted story.This isn't a thought provoking movie at all and aspects of the film do not linger with you long after it's gone.Basically it's a very entertaining,"feel good" sort of movie that will brighten up the working week.
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Summary: Check it out Y'all!!!
Review: The first time saw this movie was on digital cable. I came across it when I was flipping through channels & I recogonized Stuart Townsend(Could he be anymore hotter?!?!?!?!?) so I decided to watch & it was way better than I expected. Kate Hudson & Frances O'Connor were hecka cool in this movie. I love how you see Adam through different perspectives except his own throughout the movie. I got to see a few times again when i rented it on video & that time around I noticed things I didn't notice the first time I saw the movie. This movie is hecka funny & clever! It made want get in touch with my Irish roots.
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Summary: A sinister charmer!
Review: Lucy (Kate Hudson) is a flirty bar singer in Dublin when she sees Adam and starts dating him. He seems just so perfect and charming, and Lucy falls madly in love with him. So does the rest of her family, albeit in not-so-innocent and appropriate ways. Kate Hudson is annoying and looks woefully miscast among the other members of her family who actually look alike. The story backtracks often and shows how Adam infiltrates into all their lives simulataneously unbeknowest to the other sisters while right in front of them and their mother (who doesn't suspect a thing!) But will the truth ever come out about Adam? Watch this and see.
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Summary: Really Cute
Review: I loved this movie, the acting was great and Stuart Townsend, even though the movie wasn't completely about him was what made it. He is absolutely stunning and sizzling. Kate Hudson was sweet and the plot amazing. Great flick.
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Summary: Makes you second guess and hate yourself! :)
Review: This movie is hilarious in so many shapes and forms! You can't help but love Adam, even though you know that you should hate him and want horrible consequences for his actions! And then you're forced to think about what sister you're most like and how you'd react if Adam seduced you. You like to think that you'd be a nice, moral woman who knew not to get involved with such a conniving, creepy, sinister man, but you know that deep down, you'd jump in the sack with him immediately! Eeek, heartwrenching self-discovery! *grin*
Rating: 
Summary: Insulting
Review: There's no guilty pleasure--nor pleasure--watching one guy sleep around with his fiancée's sisters and sister-in-law. Is great sex what it takes to loosen up uptight women? Maybe, but my stomach turned watching these sisters screw around with the same guy.
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Summary: Great date movie
Review: I ran across this movie when looking for anything starring Stuart Townsend, who was incredibly sexy in Queen of the Damned. What a great surprise to find Townsend effectively playing four different parts in a very funny and appealing movie. Guys, if you want to set up a romantic evening with a movie you can actually tolerate watching yourself, give this one a try. All the women in the movie find themselves lusting after Townsend, and most female viewers probably will as well. Had my boyfriend been within a reasonable driving distance, I'd have jumped his bones as soon as this movie was over - maybe even before.
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