One of the best performances of 2009 is unfortunately contained within a movie that doesn’t live up to the acting.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 25, 2023

A non-autistic viewer ostensibly is meant... to come away from the film with a vague sense of "betterment."As an autistic viewer... I am left only with a renewed understanding that I am constructed, by a discursive web of popular media and pop-psychology.

| Jan 11, 2021

It's easy to understand why Fox Searchlight was interested in this light, quirky little love story with a good heart and gentle spirit.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 1, 2020

Hugh Dancy and Rose Byme share a quirky chemistry reminiscent of the early sketch-humor of Mike Nichols and Elaine May.

| Jun 18, 2020

Adam is a serviceable, but ultimately unsatisfying character study and sometimes romance that strikes too many familiar chords.

| Jan 24, 2020

Adam is an enjoyable, forgettable love story.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 29, 2019

Adam does not have the dramatic clout of a Rain Man, but with its sweet depictions and astute observations, it establishes a poignant and meaningful connection with its audience.

| Jan 2, 2018

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Dancy's sensitive, never-showy portrayal of the autistic Adam reminds us that there's a real person behind every behavioral disorder, psychological condition and personality quirk that often comes off as "strange."

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 29, 2011

Reassuringly familiar and ultimately as cozy as a reindeer sweater.

| Aug 29, 2011

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 4, 2011

Too neatly packaged for my taste, Adam's rigid structure leaves the characters serving the story rather than the story expanding the characters.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 1, 2011

Romantic drama wrestles with its own disabilities.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 31, 2010

Mayer combines a mild dose of humor with the distress of an unfortunate condition to create something extremely endearing.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 14, 2010

Another thoroughly engaging release from Fox Searchlight, the studio's indie releasing sidearm is rapidly becoming the saviour of an otherwise grossly mismanaged company.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 15, 2010

Adam is a sweet, unconventional love story nearly derailed by a far too obvious subplot.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 15, 2010

An undeniably pleasant film about an unusual subject that just happens to be topped off by a really good performance from the massively underrated Hugh Dancy.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 9, 2009

... a confident, surefooted dramatic comedy about an uncertain, tentative romance.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 31, 2009

British actor Hugh Dancy manages an astonishing feat by making viewers empathize with a character that has trouble feeling empathy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 28, 2009

By avoiding the romantic-comedy cliches of lesser fare like The Proposal and The Ugly Truth, Mr. Mayer has given us characters to care about instead of laugh at and discard.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 28, 2009