"Young Adam' is one of these movies that has a simple and thin story line to tell us but made the experience extremely rewarding. The principal character here is a young, detached and gloomy man (portrayed with a convincing low tone by Ewan McGregor) who lives an uncertain life. He gets a job in a barge conducted by Les (Mullan) and becomes involved with his wife Ella (Swinton) in a relationship marked by crude lust and an oppressive despair. The relationship between Joe and Ella is just the right background for director David McKenzie gives the message of the movie. A message that told us, in a gripping and moving way, that people are living lives without sense and dignity and that the modern world is a place where communication is almost impossible between human beings. 'Young Adam' is a movie about loneliness and because of that is a movie sparkled with a moody and unrelenting tone.
Review of Young Adam
