Adam (Hugh Dancy) seems to be a few fries short a happy meal. His father’s death doesn’t help much either. Adam goes into mechanical mode of everything dad taught him – clean the house, do the laundry, watch reruns on cable, go to bed by 9. But when the 20 boxes of frozen mac & cheese are gone from the freezer he has some big decisions to make that might just involve stepping outside into the real world. The new neighbor Rose (Beth Buchwald) doesn’t help either. Soon we learn he’s not “slow” but that Adam is only a victim of Asperger’s Syndrome which has a key characteristic of being unable to gauge what somebody else might be thinking, thus his inability to interact in social situations. Asperger’s also has some traits that a few “normal” people could use in their lives – namely extreme honesty. Adam just assumes everybody thinks what he thinks. The story’s premise really comes into play when Rose’s father (Peter Gallagher) is indicted for office monkey-business. Rose’s mother is played by Amy Irving, as the quintessential accepting Westchester wife. In the end, the sum of this tale is two strangers – Adam and Rose – who struggle with the realities of growing up, falling in love and understanding forgiveness. Two and a half tiaras
