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posted 19 years ago by jaz-1
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...enjoy the lesser known Irish comedy ‚About Adam’ (2000). Essentially the same premise: A chameleon-like X becomes/appears to be what the current partner wants X to be. Just this time X is not a femme fatale (Liv Tyler) but a seemingly perfect guy (Stuart Townsend) seducing his fiancée's whole family –in other words: this is ‘About Adam’.

So while ‘McCool’s’ is told from the male perspective, ‘Adam’ basically takes on the female point of view. It’s not really a chick flick though. For us guys there is a 20-year old Kate Hudson (as easy on the eye as it gets) and a charming, scene stealing Frances O'Connor. Might be interesting to watch both movies in one evening.

[–] conchord_phan 18 years ago

I agree. Both movies are good. I can't think of any other movies that show more than one perspective of the plot. I hope there are more like that out there though.

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[–] jaz-1 18 years ago

Presenting different perspectives of the same event(s) is a storytelling device sometimes used in the Crime & Mystery genre. Hercule Poirot stories come to mind (and their respective film adaptations).

[–] sw80862 18 years ago

its not really the same type of movie, but "he loves me, he loves me not" with audrey toutou (sp?) is a really good movie that shows the story through the perspective of the male and female characters.

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[–] jaybay2006 18 years ago

...like the other movie where Matt Dillon is battling other guys for the same girl: "There's Something About Mary" (1998). Another movie which predates this one, where several guys fall for the same Femme Fatale, is "Whipped" (2000).

[–] Axelerator 18 years ago

I'm sorry to say that I lowered my vote for this movie from 8 to 6 (I still would recommend it) as I now know how he must have felt - yes it happened to me too, but I can see how it looks funny to other people.
And yeah, Liv is also HOT!

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