| Young Adam Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 3/4) |
| "California Sunshine," "Somersault," "Marcie's Dowry," "The Last Great
Wilderness," and now "Young Adam," based on the seminal Beat
narrative by Alexander Trocchi. Only this time around MacKenzie's
attached some major talent to the project in the...more |
| Young Adam Review |
| by Andy Keast (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| Directed by David Mackenzie. Screenplay by David Mackenzie, based on a novel
by Alexander Trocchi. Starring Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan and
Emily Mortimer. more |
| Young Adam Review |
| by Jonathan F. Richards |
| The title of this immorality play -- Young Adam -- and the barge it rode
in on – Atlantic Eve – let you know that this is a story weighted with the
burden of Original Sin. The barge is a coal scow traveling the River Clyde and
the rural canals...more |
| Young Adam Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| In 1957, a young drifter, Joe (Ewan McGregor, "Big Fish") is hired by Les
Gault (Peter Mullan, "The Magdalene Sisters") to work on the barge he
operates between Glasgow and Edinburgh. When the two find the body of a
woman floating in the water, Joe...more |
| Young Adam Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2/4) |
| YOUNG ADAM will leave you with questions, not about the story, which is
paper-thin and relatively uneventful, but about why the MPAA slapped an NC-17
on it. Yes, there is frequent nudity and sex -- usually of dark, murky images
of humans emitting low...more |
| Young Adam Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B) |
| Reviewed by: Harvey S. Karten
Grade: B
Sony Pictures Classics
Directed by: David Mackenzie
Written by: David Mackenzie, novel by Alexander Trocchi
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Emily
Mortimer, Jack McElhone
Screened at: Sony, NYC,...more |
