"Young Adam" is all about Joe (McGregor), an ordinary working stiff employed as a deck hand on a Scottish coal barge, who knows more about the dead body he and his mate fish from the waters than he lets on. That's about as interesting as this well crafted exercise in tedium gets as we watch the laconic and stoic Joe enjoy the sexual favors of every woman he encounters without so much as a "by your leave". When all is said and done we're left with the impression that the women of Glasgow can't wait to drop their skivvies for fresh meat and the Scottish criminal justice system consists of little more than pompous mental midgets. This foreign flavored artie dramatic fabrication received nominal reviews, some local awards, and a love it or hate it reaction from the public. Fodder for foreign film freaks only. (B-)
Review of Young Adam
