Adam & Paul

Adam & Paul

...and you thought you were having a bad day...

Directed by Lenny Abrahamson

Produced by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Element Pictures

200486 min6.9 / 10

A darkly comic portrait of two Dublin junkies' desperate day-to-day survival, balancing bleak subject matter with gallows humor and genuine affection between its protagonists.

Adam and Paul are two young junkies living in Dublin and perpetually on the lookout for their next fix. During their search, they encounter various unsavoury characters and make some futile attempts at petty theft. As their day progresses, Adam and Paul get into a good share of trouble as they do whatever they can to score heroin, eventually running afoul of an imposing thug—who only drags them into more shady activities.

Questions people ask

  • Does Adam & Paul end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 98% of films.

  • Is Adam & Paul sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Is Adam & Paul easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Adam & Paul scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Adam & Paul violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

80/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise80

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love65

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Adam & Paul

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Adam & Paul

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Adam & Paul, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Adam & Paul, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Adam & Paul, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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