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  • Official Trailer

Movie Info & Cast

Synopsis

Awkward, self-conscious Adam Freeman has just finished his junior year of high school in 2006. When his cool older sister Casey suggests he visit her in New York for the summer, Adam has visions of meeting a girl and finally gaining some actual life experience. The fantasy doesn't materialize exactly as expected. Casey has enthusiastically embraced life amidst Brooklyn's young LGBTQ community and invites Adam to tag along with her to queer bars, marriage equality rallies and other happenings. When Adam falls at first sight for Gillian, a smart, beautiful young woman in this new crowd, she mistakenly assumes he is trans. Flummoxed and enamored, he haplessly goes along with her assumption, resulting in an increasingly complex comedy - and tragedy - of errors he's ill-equipped to navigate.

Cast

  • Nicholas Alexander
  • Bobbi Salvör Menuez
  • Margaret Qualley
  • Leo Sheng
  • Chloë Levine
  • Colton Ryan
  • Maxton Miles Baeza
  • Dana Aliya Levinson
  • Alisha B. Woods
  • Jari Jones

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Metacritic

80
Aug 22, 2019

The resulting film is tenderly provocative and markedly vital.

Metacritic review by Carlos Aguilar
Carlos Aguilar
Los Angeles Times
50
Aug 13, 2019

Adam is a movie that tackles big ideas about queerness and comes out looking confused — making it an experience that frustrates even as it tries to endear.

Metacritic review by Teo Bugbee
Teo Bugbee
The New York Times
58
Jan 29, 2019

While Adam seems almost like a rite of passage before we get more complex trans dramas in mainstream filmmaking, one can’t help but feel frustrated by its missed opportunities.

Metacritic review by Jordan Raup
Jordan Raup
The Film Stage