I was excited about Adam because I thought that it would be a new take on the old formulaic plot of boy gets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back. Nope. Same formula, different characters. Adam, the main character, has Asperger's Syndrome which causes him to make inappropriate statements and seem self-absorbed. When a woman named Beth moves into the apartment below his, she is suddenly taken with his awkwardness and finds his quirks endearing. The couple go through their ups and downs, as most romantic comedy couples do, until their relationship breaks due to scandal in Beth's family and Adam's inability to be supportive. Though the interactions between Beth and Adam can be adorable at times, they do not seem to have the spark that I had hoped for. In addition, the ending did not seem to fit with the development of the characters which left me feeling dissatisfied. I would have to say that the saving point of the movie is Peter Gallagher who plays Beth's aristocratic (and shady) father. Yet, when a movie's saving grace is Peter Gallagher...you have to be suspicious. Overall, it was a dud.
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