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YOUNG ADAM

Director:

  David  Mackenzie
  

Year Released:

  2003

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3.5 out of 5

4 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Ewan McGregor
  Emily Mortimer
  Peter Mullen
  Tilda Swinton
  + David Byrne's Music
Movie Haiku:Evocative drama about a Scottish drifter(McGregor) who comes face-to-face with his own moral cowardice. Rich was thoroughly entralled. Jan liked the atmospherics (especially score & cinematography) & the performances, but thought the storyline was too oblique.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2004