We found this one on Netflix streaming movies. Not very high-brow but my wife and I enjoyed it for light entertainment. Especially with cute Kate Hudson in it, putting on her very best Irish accent.Kate Hudson is Lucy Owens , Dublin area waitress who also sings at the restaurant. (Yes, she does her own singing.) According to comments her family members make, she seems to change boyfriends about every week.But one day cute Stuart Townsend as Adam comes in to the establishment, she falls quickly for him, even asking if she can see him again, and he gives her his phone number. At their first date he meets all of her family members, her mother, her brother, and her two older sisters. Frances O'Connor is Laura Owens, Charlotte Bradley is Alice Owens Rooney, and Alan Maher is David Owens. The story is told from several points of view, each with a different experience with Adam. In essence he ends up seducing each sister, and has the brother wondering if he is being turned homosexual, after finding himself in bed with Adam and with a stiffy.As it turns out Adam is a nice guy, and when he marries Lucy we think they will have a happy life together. Adam just doesn't like to disappoint anyone, even sisters or the brother of his bride!

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.

About Adam received new life after Kate Hudson became almost famous. But while Hudson plays a key role this film is, quite literally, about Adam, as played wonderfully by Stuart Townsend. The film begins with young Irish singing waitress Lucy, as played by Hudson with an Irish accent that comes and goes, meeting the mysterious Adam. She immediately falls for him and their new romance proceeds happily along. Lucy brings Adam home to meet the family and here things get turned on their head. After seeing the story play out from Lucy's perspective we go back and revisit the same time period from different points of view, those of Lucy's two sisters and brother. It soon becomes apparent that Adam is not quite what he seems and that he has become much closer to Lucy's family than she would ever believe.Frances O'Connor as the quiet, bookish Laura and Charlotte Bradley as the unhappily married Alice will each strike up their own serious relationship with Adam. As we see each of the sisters' stories unfold it puts a new spin on all that we have seen before. Even Lucy's brother finds himself oddly attracted to Adam while Lucy floats along completely oblivious to all that is swirling around her. Each of the key roles is performed well and enough time is given to allow us to explore the motivations of each of these characters. If we didn't really get to know these people and what drives them, everyone involved could come off rather badly, especially Townsend's Adam. But the director makes each character sympathetic enough and it all ties together very well.A clever script, mostly terrific acting, intriguing characters, wonderful Irish scenery and a very smart plot device that adds a unique twist to everything...About Adam has a lot going for it. It's a smart, funny, enjoyable ride.

Give me a break! In what world does this director/writer live in? If anyone, after seeing this dribble, thinks it's a charming romantic comedy, then try a little role reversal and see if you still think it is. A woman, no matter how lovely her eyes may be, who sleeps with her fiancé's two brothers (one just half an hour before her wedding) would be deemed a whore and a slut. Not to mention that he's a pathological liar, to boot! How did this film get made? Maybe the backers thought an Irish film that wasn't about the Catholic Church or about the Catholic Protestant "troubles", would be refreshing, but please, this movie was hogwash from beginning to end.Kate Hudson, Stuart Townsend, Frances O'Connor and Charlotte Bradley made a valiant effort to make this screenplay work, but it was DOA..Do yourself a favor, steer clear of this one. It' not worth anyone's time. I just hope the actors got paid well.