Adam

2009Movie⏱️ 1h 39mPG-13🏆 #2355 Top Rated

ComedyDramaRomance

⭐ 7.1

IMDB Rating

36,700 votes

Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.

Director

Max Mayer

Writers

N/A

Stars

Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher

Release Date

August 28, 2009

Language

English

Country

United States

🏆 3

Wins

🎯 3

Nominations

💬 86

Reviews

📋 54.0K

Watchlists

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🎭 Top Cast

Hugh Dancy

as Adam Raki

Rose Byrne

as Beth Buchwald

Peter Gallagher

as Marty Buchwald

Amy Irving

as Rebecca Buchwald

Frankie Faison

as Harlan

Mark Linn-Baker

as Sam Klieber

Haviland Morris

as Lyra

Adam LeFevre

as Mr. Wardlow

Mike Hodge

as Judge

Peter O'Hara

as Williams

💰 Box Office

$3,037,173

Worldwide Gross

$2,277,396

Domestic Gross

$68,377

Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

2.35 : 1

Sound

Dolby Digital

Color

Filming Location

Portland, Oregon, USA

Production

Olympus Pictures, Deer Path Productions, Northwood Productions

🏷️ Keywords

asperger's syndromeneighborautismwindow washingfired from a job

🎯 Categories

ComedyDramaRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Heart-warming with a dry sense of humour always steeped in refrained melancholy,

by Otoboke • 2009-08-14

"Somewhere above the clear skies of a disquieted New York skyline, some hundreds of billions of miles away there are stars and galaxies, clusters of light and unknowable beauty speeding away not only from us but from themselves. Eventually it will get to the point where all is inevitably lost, and the skies will be filled with an overwhelming black; nothingness and desolate loneliness for a heaven and a barren, sun-scorched planet for a home. "That's kind of sad" says one character. "Sad?" repeats the nonplussed hobbyist-cosmologist before turning off his home-brew pla..."

💡 Did You Know?

The chief executive officer of Halloran, in the letter regarding Adam's interview, is named Tamar Ganish. The film's production designer is Tamar Gadish.