Adam Page #6

Synopsis: Soon after moving in, Beth, a brainy, beautiful writer damaged from a past relationship encounters Adam, the handsome, but odd, fellow in the downstairs apartment whose awkwardness is perplexing. Beth and Adam's ultimate connection leads to a tricky relationship that exemplifies something universal: truly reaching another person means bravely stretching into uncomfortable territory and the resulting shake-up can be liberating.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Max Mayer
Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
PG-13
Year:
2009
99 min
$2,121,118
Website
1,549 Views


- Changes like this are hard.

- I won't sell my house.

- Mr. Raki, I

- Go away! You're hurting my ears!

- I'm not gonna sell my house.

I'm not selling my house!

- Calm down.

Cross your arms over your chest.

Mr. Wardlow, are we done?

There are papers to be signed.

- Can you send them?

- They need to be notar

Yes. Yes. Yes. We, uhWe can do that.

Come on, Adam, let's go.

I can't

I ca I can't move.

All right.

Come on.

You're not 10 years old anymore. You need a job.

- I got fired.

- So what?

You know how many times I've been fired?

When your dad and I came back from the service...

I might as well have had a three-day week.

Day one, I hate the freakin' job.

Day two, I hate the freakin' boss.

Day three, I hit someone

and I gotta start all over.

I didn't hit anyone. I never hit anyone.

Adam, you're 29 years old.

You can't pay your mortgage

without finding a job.

So what are you gonna do?

Hey, Bethy-boo.

Just wanted to make sure you got home okay.

You home okay? Call us.

Beth. Are you there?

Look, maybe the whole point was for me

to find out what an amazing thing we have.

You're not really gonna throw this awa-

A-Adam? Wha

What?

Get in here!

Wh-What? What in the world

were you doing out there?

You could have been killed.

- How were you gonna get down?

- Climb up.

- Climb?

- It's rated for 3,000 pounds.

You said you couldn't see out of your windows.

I'm sorry!

Why did you scream like that?

Because I walked into my apartment

and there was this strange man in my window.

- It was me!

- But I didn't know that.

Oh.

I guess not.

Thank you for trying to

You're welcome.

Would you, um

Would you like some tea?

Uh

- Sure.

- Okay.

Harlan said I should send out application letters

and worry about the interviews later.

Interviews?

Interviews usually don't go very well.

But you put in some applications?

Eighty-seven.

- Eighty-seven?

- Mm-hmm.

Applications and letters of inquiry.

- You applied for 87 jobs?

- Including the letters of inquiry.

- Today?

- Mm-hmm.

- Wow.

- "Wow"?

I mean, that's a lot.

Well, I don't wanna move.

Yeah.

This is very good-smelling tea.

English breakfast. My father calls it

coffee without the bad breath.

Maybe I should go.

I'm sorry. I'm just

S-Sorry? You're s

- I'm a little upset.

- Oh.

My father's an accountant...

and he's been accused

of doing something illegal.

Oh. Did he do it?

No. No.

But tonight he said it looks like

he will probably have to go on trial...

and I know that your father just passed away,

so I shouldn't even

Um, I

I can see that you're upset...

but I don't know what to do.

Could you give me a hug?

Yes.

Adam, I'd like you to give me a hug.

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Max Mayer

Max Mayer is an American filmmaker. He is one of the founding members of New York Stage and Film. Well known for directing TV shows including The West Wing and Alias, he wrote and directed the film Adam (2009), winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Prize. more…

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