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2005 · comedy · romance

Adam & Steve

Directed by Craig Chester1h 39m2005

Adam and Steve are two gay youths who have a one-night stand that ends embarrassingly. Nearly two decades later, Adam, now a Manhattan tour guide, and Steve, a psychiatrist, meet again -- but neither remembers the other from years before. The two begin dating, even playing matchmaker for their friends Michael and Rhonda, but their promising relationship hits a major snag when Adam and Steve finally recall their past connection.

Our read: Adam & Steve (2005) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.

ElsewhereIMDb5.83kRT56%Metacritic48
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • intimate
  • funny
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DNA · twelve axes

How Adam & Steve feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want two gay men reconnecting years after a mortifying one-night stand.”

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftera rollercoastergrips from the openattention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upexplicit sexnuditydrug usecringe humiliation

Skip it tonight — You want straight couples or anything without crude humor and substances.

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