(rated R, 105 mins) “About Adam” could have been called All About Eve. Too bad the name is taken. It’s about a woman and a lot of temptation. Adam, (Stuart Townsend, a Jude Law lookalike), is handsome, witty, sexy, sensitive, owns a gallery and even bought a Jaguar in memory of the car his parents were killed in. He’s almost perfect for the “Almost Famous” star Kate Hudson who portrays Lucy Owens his girlfriend, a singer in a hip Dublin café, with a charming, infectious energy. It’s seems like paradise when the two agree to wed and Adam, an orphan, is brought home to meet the family. Becoming part of the Owens clan is an understatement when he wins over her two sisters, Laura (Frances O’Connor) the bookworm type, doing her thesis on filtering through the Bronte sisters, and Alice (Charlotte Bradley) the sophisticated/bored with her husband, sister. As Adam mischievously winds his way through their hearts, minds and lives he gives new meaning to the biblical term “And Adam said: ‘The woman you put beside me, gave me fruit, and I ate”; Genesis 3:12.. Not since “Shakespeare In Love” has there been a Miramax movie that so well hits on confusion, passion and betrayal in a rare comedy.
