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Young Adam (2004)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B- Source Brief Review Grade* Boston Globe Ty Burr "...a grim little pint of existential bitter." more... B- Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "A movie like Young Adam is above all about the ground-level lives of its characters." more... A- Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington "...an excellent film..." more... A- E! Online "...all too grim, even for those who relish the cinematic misery of others." more... B- filmcritic.com Jeremiah Kipp "...a snooze." more... D+ New York Post Lou Lumenick "McGregor's best since Trainspotting." more... B   New York Times A.O. Scott "The film's visual beauty is an aspect of its nostalgia..." more... B+ ReelViews James Berardinelli "Young Adam is darkly effective, and its grip lasts longer than we might be entirely comfortable with." more... B   Rolling Stone Peter Travers "...elicit(s) only stifled yawns." more... C   San Francisco Chronicle Carla Meyer "(Tilda Swinton's) rich, compelling performance is reason enough to see this uneven picture..." more... B   Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker "...bleak..." more... C+ USA Today Mike Clark "...it's honestly made, and its second half does linger in the memory." more... B   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)