Adore

R

Released Sep 6, 2013

1 hr. 51 min.

Drama

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34%

74 Reviews

Tomatometer

41%

5,000+ Ratings

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Two lifelong best friends (Robin Wright, Naomi Watts) each begin a steamy affair with the other's son, but trouble begins to brew when one of the two young men desires a lover his own age.

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Critics Consensus

Naomi Watts and Robin Wright give it their all, but they can't quite make Adore's trashy, absurd plot believable.

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Jason R

probably worth a watch, 2 mothers who grew up together find themselves in sexual activity with each others sons, a weird storyline but worth watching once

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/20/24

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Victor O

I heard of this while checking out Robin Wright's filmography after having seen her in something else. This struck me as odd considering she is American, and the rest of the film was made by Australians. But I decided to check the story and I can see that this is a May-September romance of not just one but two couples of older but still beautiful women romancing two younger men. Lil and Roz are a pair of women who have known each other since they were children, growing up they married men who each bore them a son. One became a divorcee, the other a widow as they raised their sons to become handsome men. Living on the Australian coast their sons grow up with little to no experience with the opposite sex except their mother's friend. The attraction becomes palpable as each woman claims the other young man as a lover. This goes on for a while until the fear of aging causes these women to abandon their lovers and hope they move on. Only the young men find other women and create relationships, the end becomes a terrible mess. I have seen films with an age gap between lovers before and in many cases, they are embarrassing, but acceptable perhaps because they favor older men over younger women. But when older women go along with younger men it's seen as a perversion. What drives this is that the older women fall in love with their best friend's grown son, keeping it secret and dooming their relationship with others. This felt trashy and revolting and despite some good acting with the ladies, this wasn't a good movie.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/09/23

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Ly

in the kindest way possible i truely, throughout witnessing this movie, that my friend forcing me to watch, so we could bond over the trauma this movie gave us. i wanted to kill myself in the most horrendous way, whoever made this incestrous movie should maybe jump off the skillion bc again what the actual fuck, love always also the hottest of the sons did not make this movie bearable to watch also shouldve just been a lesbian mermaid film between the two moms and then it probably couldve been decent and the tension between lil and roz was actually simmering <3

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/24/22

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Audience Member

Eeeeewww it was like a category on pornhub like my 'best friend's hot mom' or my 'My friend's sexy son is finally 18'. Only with passionless sex scenes, minimal real conflict and unconvincing feelings attached to it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

2 moms watch their boys grow into "Gods" on the beach...and then they start sleeping with them. Twisted, yes. And it might even be powerful if it weren't so completely far fetched.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

Intrighi amorosi e familiari non sono sufficienti a rendere degno di nota questo dramma ibrido. I dialoghi e le movenze, specialmente nella prima parte, sono terribili ed imbarazzanti; vengono in parte migliorati e coperti nel momento in cui la trama entra nel vivo. Si vede inoltre una clamorosa differenza di recitazione tra la coppia di madri rispetto ai figli.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Anne Fontaine

Director

Robin Wright

Roz

Naomi Watts

Lil

Ben Mendelsohn

Harold

Xavier Samuel

Ian

Sophie Lowe

Hannah

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Sarah Mankoff

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The film never musters the humor nor the sex appeal to carry off its study of ultra-Freudian arrested development.

Nov 4, 2013

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Tom Huddleston

Time Out

With its soap-operatic performances, bonkbuster plotline and sparkling seafront setting, all 'Adore' really lacks is a cameo from Alf Stewart

Rated: 1/5

Oct 10, 2013

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Wesley Morris

Grantland

Would Fontaine have made this film if the mothers looked like and were as old as Barbra Streisand and Kathy Bates and the sons weren't built like surfers? Of course not.

Oct 4, 2013

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Glenn Dunks

Glenn Dunks

Its Australian title, 'Adoration', sounds as flat on the tongue and unsure of itself as the actual film. Anne Fontaine never finds the right voice for her film's message and ends up with this disappointing, albeit handsomely made, effort.

Rated: C+

Jul 19, 2020

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

There's a fascinating depth to this challenging piece, even if you are laughing when you're not supposed to.

Aug 23, 2019

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Asia Frey

Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)

As crazy as it may seem, it's a pretty compelling journey to watch.

Aug 22, 2018

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Synopsis

Two lifelong best friends (Robin Wright, Naomi Watts) each begin a steamy affair with the other's son, but trouble begins to brew when one of the two young men desires a lover his own age.

Director: Anne Fontaine
Executive Producer: Naomi Watts, Sidonie Dumas
Screenwriter: Christopher Hampton
Distributor: Exclusive Releasing
Production Co: Screen Australia, Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma, Hopscotch Features
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 6, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 6, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $317.1K

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