
Ivan is a priest in a rural church known for the apples that grow on a large tree in front. He's odd: seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, in denial about personal facts, and convinced he's at war with Satan. The rectory is a halfway house for recently-paroled convicts. Adam arrives for 12 weeks, a large, tough neo-Nazi, first baffled by Ivan's thick-headed optimism, then angry. He vows to break Ivan's faith. Meanwhile, in exasperation at Ivan's insistence, Adam set... (Full plot summary below)
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Ivan is a priest in a rural church known for the apples that grow on a large tree in front. He's odd: seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, in denial about personal facts, and convinced he's at war with Satan. The rectory is a halfway house for recently-paroled convicts. Adam arrives for 12 weeks, a large, tough neo-Nazi, first baffled by Ivan's thick-headed optimism, then angry. He vows to break Ivan's faith. Meanwhile, in exasperation at Ivan's insistence, Adam sets a personal goal: to bake an apple pie. All goes awry for the tree: crows, worms, lightning. The Book of Job gives Adam perverse insight, and his hooligan mates provide the resolution.
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| Film ScoutsJason GorberAnother delightful film from the Netherlands, this one about an oblivious priest and a Neo-Nazi who inadvertently finds redemption. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsWinner of 14 different awards, it comes from the gifted Anders Thomas Jensen, who excels in black comedy |
| NewsdayJan StuartFor all its roughhouse antics, Adam's Apples is almost improbably sweet: a rude comedy that the devout and heathen alike can hold to their breasts. |
| MovieFreak.comSara Michelle FettersJensen's film is absolutely fearless. Much like Borat, this one brazenly pushes buttons and shatters taboos most other dark comedies avoid like the plague. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJensen tarnishes the lining of every cloud in one wickedly funny scene after another. |
| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonThis oddball story, written and directed by Anders Thomas Jen sen, whom Dogme followers might remember from his screenplay for the 1999 hit "Mifune," is more than a one-joke concept. Its characters are sometimes cruel, sometimes sweet, but always recognizably human. |
| VarietyGunnar RehlinA funny, politically incorrect and, somewhere deep down, thoughtful black comedy, Adam's Apples is the third and final film in helmer-writer Anders Thomas Jensen's excellent trilogy centered on oddballs and misfits in Denmark. |
| TV GuideKen FoxPeculiar but oddly winsome fable about the spiritual journeys of two diametrically opposed characters. |
| Film ThreatKJ DoughtonAdam's Apples slams together good and evil for maximum black-comedy impact. |
| Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckIts screenplay attempts to blend outrageous black humor with biblical allegory in an ultimately unsuccessful fashion. |