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Adam (2009)

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37 feature instances
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Adam (2009)	type	TVTItem
Adam (2009)	label	Adam (2009)
Adam (2009)	page	Adam2009
Adam (2009)	comment	Adam is a 2009 romantic dramedy.Adam Raki (Hugh Dancy) is a twenty nine year old man with Asperger Syndrome living alone in Manhattan after his father's death. He has difficulties communicating with others, the only real friend he has is his father's old best friend war buddy Harlan who is the only one who knows exactly how to deal with him. Adam works as an electronic engineer at a toy company, and spends his free time indulging his love of space exploration. Beth Buchwald (Rose Byrne), a school teacher and aspiring children's author, moves into the apartment above his. They meet doing laundry and from there they tentatively begin to form an awkward friendship- that leads to something more. During the movie Beth has to deal with her father being indicted, facing a jail sentence, and revealing a confronting secret which throws their relationship into turmoil; Adam has to deal with being fired, finding a new job and making his relationship with Beth work.
Adam (2009)	fetched	2023-04-01T07:12:57Z
Adam (2009)	parsed	2023-04-01T07:12:57Z
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Adam (2009) / int_135c6de7	type	Cannot Tell a Joke
Adam (2009) / int_135c6de7	comment	Cannot Tell a Joke: Adam and the way in which he delivers his joke about "Queens, where everybody goes to die because they can't tell the difference".
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Adam (2009) / int_14ed6ab7	type	Does This Remind You of Anything?
Adam (2009) / int_14ed6ab7	comment	Does This Remind You of Anything?: The bedroom interview rehearsal scene.
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Adam (2009) / int_19fe3478	type	Daddy's Girl
Adam (2009) / int_19fe3478	comment	Daddy's Girl: Beth was raised as an only child.
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Adam (2009) / int_23ff95fb	type	Brutal Honesty
Adam (2009) / int_23ff95fb	comment	Brutal Honesty: Adam, thanks to his social blindness from Aspergers.
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Adam (2009) / int_32cb267a	type	Magical Negro
Adam (2009) / int_32cb267a	comment	Magical Negro: Adam's family's old driver seems to have nothing better to do than give him advice, and look bemused, of course.
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Adam (2009) / int_3a679ead	type	Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher
Adam (2009) / int_3a679ead	comment	Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher: Really a misplaced children's book author. This woman has never heard of AS before, but feels she's prepared to date Adam after briefly asking one of her fellow teachers about its effects on children. After one or two awkward dates she decides to sleep with him anyway.
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Adam (2009) / int_3ae6199a	type	Psychopathic Manchild
Adam (2009) / int_3ae6199a	comment	Psychopathic Manchild: Adam, according to Beth, in one awkward argument scene. Apparently, Autistic Equals Violent.
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Adam (2009) / int_3bc88a7f	type	Foregone Conclusion
Adam (2009) / int_3bc88a7f	comment	Foregone Conclusion: Zig-Zagged. Beth is told early on that people with Asperger's are bad romance material, but ultimately strikes up a relationship with Adam. Then they break up, then she has second thoughts and then finally they break up again.
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Adam (2009) / int_46290b93	type	Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Adam (2009) / int_46290b93	comment	Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Adam and Beth each have elements of this toward each other. They both have some sort of dark past (Adam's dad dying and Beth's ex-boyfriend). On top of that, Adam learns a lot more about how "normal" people work, and Beth gets to learn about Aspergers.
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Adam (2009) / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
Adam (2009) / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: Some of the closing shots of Flintridge, California. The snow in central park also counts.
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Adam (2009) / int_4a0821b4	type	Archnemesis Dad
Adam (2009) / int_4a0821b4	comment	Archnemesis Dad/Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Beth's father looks like a stand-up guy, but then his affair and his disapproval of Adam comes out, Beth's mother practically pushes Beth out the door once Adam shows up in order to save her from her deceptive father and so the couple can be together. It doesn't stick.
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Adam (2009) / int_76a5eaf8	type	Spotlight-Stealing Squad
Adam (2009) / int_76a5eaf8	comment	Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Even though the movie is about a guy with Asperger's Syndrome, the subplot about Beth's father and the court case sure takes up a lot of time.
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Adam (2009) / int_7c7ee100	type	Cannot Tell a Lie
Adam (2009) / int_7c7ee100	comment	Cannot Tell a Lie: Adam, thanks to his social blindness from Aspergers.
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Adam (2009) / int_7d26e6dc	type	Only-Child Syndrome
Adam (2009) / int_7d26e6dc	comment	Only Child Syndrome: Beth tells her Dad that she must scare people off because of being an only child.
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Adam (2009) / int_83445b04	type	Pun
Adam (2009) / int_83445b04	comment	Pun: "When in Rom." (referring to the waiter named Rom from the earlier scene)
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Adam (2009) / int_8b442f50	type	Did Not Get the Girl
Adam (2009) / int_8b442f50	comment	Did Not Get the Girl: Resulting in a Bittersweet Ending.
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Adam (2009) / int_9c5ce9ed	type	Blunt Metaphors Trauma
Adam (2009) / int_9c5ce9ed	comment	Blunt Metaphors Trauma: Thanks to Adam's Aspergers, it's hard for him to get metaphors.
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Adam (2009) / int_a5096c48	type	Joisey
Adam (2009) / int_a5096c48	comment	Joisey: "I don't understand people from New Jersey." (girl at the baby shower)
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Adam (2009) / int_ab5677c1	type	Boy Meets Girl
Adam (2009) / int_ab5677c1	comment	Boy Meets Girl: Not in the typical way.
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Adam (2009) / int_b0a529cb	type	Extreme Doormat
Adam (2009) / int_b0a529cb	comment	Extreme Doormat: Zig-Zagged with Adam depending on what the script requires at any given time.
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Adam (2009) / int_b42b7e7b	type	Moral Myopia
Adam (2009) / int_b42b7e7b	comment	Don't insult Beth's father, even if yours just died.
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Adam (2009) / int_b4fb00f6	type	Mistaken for Pedophile
Adam (2009) / int_b4fb00f6	comment	Mistaken for Pedophile: Adam is confronted by police when he's waiting outside the school for Beth to get out. Played for Drama, as he froze up and would have been arrested if Beth hadn't showed up to defend him.
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Adam (2009) / int_b58b4e3c	type	Too Dumb to Live
Adam (2009) / int_b58b4e3c	comment	Too Dumb to Live Adam doesn't even try to explain himself while waiting for Beth outside the school where she works, resulting in the police assuming that he's a pedophile and holding him at gunpoint. Sure, Aspies sometimes have difficulty expressing themselves, but again. He doesn't even try.
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Adam (2009) / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
Adam (2009) / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Don't insult Beth's father, even if yours just died. Adam really dislikes being lied to.
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Adam (2009) / int_be009bbc	type	Alliterative Name
Adam (2009) / int_be009bbc	comment	Alliterative Name: Beth Buchwald.
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Adam (2009) / int_beb932ca	type	Big Applesauce
Adam (2009) / int_beb932ca	comment	Big Applesauce: The movie takes place primarily in New York City.
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Adam (2009) / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Adam (2009) / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: "I'm not Forrest Gump, you know."
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Adam (2009) / int_c960826	type	Supporting Protagonist
Adam (2009) / int_c960826	comment	Supporting Protagonist: Beth narrates.
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Adam (2009) / int_cbe687ab	type	Corrupt Corporate Executive
Adam (2009) / int_cbe687ab	comment	Corrupt Corporate Executive: Beth's father Marty is accused of being one.
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Adam (2009) / int_ce27dc3f	type	Protagonist Title
Adam (2009) / int_ce27dc3f	comment	Protagonist Title: The title is the protagonist's first name.
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Adam (2009) / int_d0f0a80d	type	One-Word Title
Adam (2009) / int_d0f0a80d	comment	One-Word Title: As its the first name of the protagonist, making this a Protagonist Title.
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Adam (2009) / int_e2a41c3b	type	Literal-Minded
Adam (2009) / int_e2a41c3b	comment	Literal-Minded: Adam, thanks to his Asperger's.
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Adam (2009) / int_e41a9801	type	All Women Are Lustful
Adam (2009) / int_e41a9801	comment	All Women Are Lustful: When Beth starts her relationship with Adam, they agree to take it slowly. Two dates later, she decides to have sex with him.
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Adam (2009) / int_f1d3f0c9	type	Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
Adam (2009) / int_f1d3f0c9	comment	Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Adam, when he gets onto the topic of astronomy.
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Adam (2009) / int_f5416685	type	Allergic to Love
Adam (2009) / int_f5416685	comment	Allergic to Love: Adam finds it very difficult to talk to Beth because of his Aspergers.
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Adam (2009) / int_ffad4e9f	type	Shown Their Work
Adam (2009) / int_ffad4e9f	comment	Shown Their Work: Even though it's far from "100% accurate" (Aspergers differs greatly from case-to-case anyway), it's clear that a good deal of effort by the filmmakers and actors has been put in to depict someone living with Asperger's Syndrome in a fair light.
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