Adam (IV) (2019) User Reviews

Great performances.

[yassaa-m · 6/10 · 29 August 2020]

Why does every moroccan movie lack an ending? its like every single director thinks an open ending is good, well ITS NOT. its just laziness to be honest. Why drag an audience through almost 2 hours of something then give no resolution the the story? the movies was actually good, great performances by all actors, some scenes were a bit dragged more then they needed to, some felt unnecessary, but over all it was good.. right untill that ending.

Nearly Great

[DeanAmythe · 6/10 · 12 January 2024]

Frankly growing a little tired of this filmmaking style seemingly all low-budget drama productions around the world have adopted. Same flat, digital look; same aspect ratio; same shot - reverse shot methods of shooting; same handheld camerawork; same 'loose' plot structure. What helps set this apart from the homogeny, besides the great subject matter, are two genuinely fantastic leads who devastate with graceful subtlety and naturalness, and a tone that manages the balancing act of misery and hopefulness. It's actually pretty great until it grinds to a screeching halt to have its "now we are sad and cry" portion that constitutes the final ~15 minutes. Not that you can't have your emotional swings, but it holds this for way too long and really made me yearn for those excellent quiet moments earlier on. There's a scene around the midpoint where these two women spill their beans and it's as tragic as it is genuinely empowering. Easily the best scene in the film and one whose approach it should've abided by.

Great movie. Great ending.

[steveinadelaide · 8/10 · 14 September 2020]

Beautiful movie. Great acting, great photography, great ending.

A valuable opportunity to use your OWN imagination.

[margieryan-46424 · 10/10 · 27 October 2020]

Instead of the mundane, predictable and obvious plot lines, enter the world of nuance, beauty and subtlety. Those who appreciate the delicacy of Arabian cinema understand that as the viewer, you participate within your own experience...unlike the dull, mundane and predictable, force-fed Disneyesque works of popular Western dime-a-dozen films. As a person who has been fortunate enough to walk the streets of this film and live within it's world, I warmly embraced the opportunity to travel back to this culture in the time of Covid. Embrace an opportunity to use your OWN imagination...resist being a lazy viewer who needs an obvious conclusion. Our world is not that narrow!

A film about social freedom of choice

[marciserentant · 9/10 · 6 December 2020]

The film 'Adam' is primarily about agency, not about two women. Abla and Samia are two metaphors that stand for all women who, due to circumstances, end up on the fringes of society, whether Morocco or elsewhere. . As women, they are allowed to work but cannot decide on their own lives. In the film they are opposites, but therefore serve each other as a sounding board. Filmed in a warm colour palette, they explore possibilities and choices. In the end, it becomes clear that there is no freedom of choice within the social straitjacket in which they live. Not through dialogue, but through image and editing you as a viewer are drawn into their dilemma, almost certain of a sunny future. The end then comes crushingly, like a jaw blow, cinematically beautifully announced by a new dawning day, but now brought in cold blue and white morning light. A color contrast choice that speaks volumes. You know what's about to happen. The opening scene in the film falls into place and completes the circle. In essence, this film is even more hopeless than ' Dylda' (Beanpole-Balagov). A grand debut and cinematically excellently worked out. To follow up.

Convincing story, lots of nuance, beautifully shot!

[mend-mrw · 9/10 · 27 December 2020]

This was beautiful. Taking place mainly in a domestic setting, the film focuses on the interactions unfolding between two women and their personal stories to tell of their struggles with the world outside, social stigma and having to make difficult decisions in this context. It seemed like it was made with a Moroccan, and maybe more generally Arab audience that understands the context, which I loved and gave lots of space for nuance. The open ending felt right and like it was a conscious decision by the director. If I had one complaint, it would be that the characters could've have more depth to their stories. At times they seemed a little flat. Otherwise I really enjoyed this film!

Good movie but really terrible ending

[debbiedroberts · 3/10 · 11 May 2022]

Makes me sick to see actors making out baby's get suffocated in movies mothers out there have issues and fathers do as well they may end up suffocating there own baby why show this that has traumatised me so much I am actually feeling effected that the baby had stopped breathing and died in her arms I do not approve of this in my country I will tell national tv company that should have been taken out that is just wrong I am so upset kiss kiss baby then die cause I can't keep you then rap it up and leave back in poverty maybe try kill it again is there something wrong with people these days cause seriously it's getting worse!

This isn't funny and if you think suffocating a baby is funny there is something wrong with the world.