Review of About Adam

About Adam (2000)
1/10
Insulting to women (and sisters!)
11 January 2008
Warning: Spoilers
I think mar3429's comments hit it right on the nail for me (http://www.imdb.com/user/ur5155618/comments). I suppose a lot of women here did not find this insulting, but I sure did! Sex from a womanizer solves all your problems? On top of all the cheating, sisters actually willing to cheat with another sister's fiancé? I can't imagine ever sharing a man with my sister (which I consider as morally bad as incest, a sentiment that few may share but has been expressed in, say, Hamlet), and I certainly would not feel better after I did! I only finished the movie because I thought Adam and/or the sisters might learn a lesson. Or anyone learning a lesson that's not "sleep with Adam and you will be better off." No such luck.

It's not that I think disgusting topics should never be filmed, but I can't believe it was made into a romantic comedy. What's romantic or funny about this? To put my opinion in perspective, however, I also think that movies in which people about to get married but instead meet some other person who is the man/woman of their dreams (e.g. Forces of Nature, Serendipity, etc.) is not romantic--that's called cold feet and unwillingness to commit! If you think you might feel the same way I do, please avoid this movie so as not to feel tortured.
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