Adore

2013

Action / Drama / Romance

62
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 42% · 74 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 42% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 38549 38.5K

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Plot summary

Lil and Roz are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotions that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention.

Director

Anne Fontaine Photo
Anne Fontaine

Top cast

Gary Sweet Photo
Gary Sweet as Saul
Xavier Samuel Photo
Xavier Samuel as Ian
Naomi Watts Photo
Naomi Watts as Lil
James Frecheville Photo
James Frecheville as Tom
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
812.45 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 10
1.64 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 19

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by StewartTraiman 5 / 10

Not enough exploration

Well done. Well acted. But it is all events without exploration of those events. There is not enough dialog to explore how characters are reacting to their situation. At one point the boys fight, one trying to drown the other. The cause of the fight is never explained or explored. People get hurt. Relationships are damaged. But the film doesn't explore how the main four characters feel about the damage they've caused. The male actors seem to cast for their bodies not their acting abilities. Ultimately disappointed with characters that are depicted as apathetic, remorseless and selfish.
Reviewed by jeansheridan 7 / 10

Faith adaptation of Doris Lessing's novella

I'm not surprised that mostly male critics panned this movie. Some of them were kind enough to call it well made trash. One reviewer said it had nothing in common with Doris Lessing's story and that reviewer clearly had not read the story in a very long time.The movie exactly captures the feel of the novella. The beachy, cozy environment, the exclusiveness of these two families, the deep friendship between the women ...it's all in the novella. The sex is in the novella too, just not graphic, but it's clearly there.This movie is a mood piece just like the novella. A glimpse into a very specific group of people. A bit of a "what if" in my opinion.The novella has an equally ambivalent ending. I think it's a bit more downbeat than the movie, but still worth a read. She is one of the great feminist writers of the twentieth century. And it's a highly readable story. It's just all so cozy and seductive.
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