Overview
A darkly comedic tale of faith and redemption unfolds in a rural church where hope clashes with cynicism.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- sardonic
- absurd
- shocking
- dark comedy night
- arthouse film night
What critics said
Critics broadly find the film an inventive dark Biblical allegory whose collision of good and evil produces memorable, alternately funny and shocking results.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Book of Job becomes central to Adam's interpretation of Ivan's persecution and the film's collision of faith with cruelty.
Ivan's rose-colored optimism and refusal to acknowledge personal facts shape his relationship with Adam and his understanding of evil.
The rural parish operates as a halfway house for recently paroled convicts, forcing Adam into an uneasy communal reform process.
The church, rectory, and apple tree form an apparently peaceful landscape repeatedly disrupted by crows, worms, lightning, and human violence.
Films like Adam's Apples, and why
The Guard
Shares bleak black humor, moral confrontation, religious allegory, and abrasive character comedy.
In Bruges
Combines eccentric outsiders, criminal rehabilitation, deadpan comedy, and unexpectedly humane drama.
The Lobster
Uses darkly comic provocation, damaged characters, and spiritual themes to explore redemption.
Movie Details
- Director
- Anders Thomas Jensen
- Release Date
- 2005-04-15
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 (824)
Cast
- Mads Mikkelsen
- Ulrich Thomsen
- Paprika Steen
- Ole Thestrup
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas
- Nicolas Bro
- Ali Kazim
- Gyrd Løfquist
- Lars Ranthe
- Peter Reichhardt
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Viaplay Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Adam's Apples about?
- A hostile neo-Nazi's forced stay with an impossibly optimistic priest turns rural rehabilitation into a grotesque, Job-inspired battle over faith and evil.
- What is Adam's Apples like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Adam's Apples as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Adam's Apples violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Adam's Apples as moderate.
- What did critics think of Adam's Apples?
- Critics broadly find the film an inventive dark Biblical allegory whose collision of good and evil produces memorable, alternately funny and shocking results.
- Which films are like Adam's Apples?
- Films with a similar feel include The Guard, In Bruges, and The Lobster.
- How long is Adam's Apples?
- Adam's Apples runs 95 minutes.
- Where can I watch Adam's Apples?
- In United States, Adam's Apples streams on Viaplay Amazon Channel.
