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What a gem!, 1 December 2002
9/10
Author: Star5 from England

I had been told to see this movie by a friend, if just for a sight of Stewart Granger with a moustache and I wasn't disappointed. Granger and Jean Simmons work beautifully together again, in this movie based on the concept of a young girl falling in love with an older man - and one she believes to begin with is her father!! Simmons is adorable as the young girl, whisked away from a life of labour and far more likeable in this role than any other. I loved the final scene between the two of them and the running joke that Granger looked better with his moustache after all! Not one to watch if you don't like continuous remakes of the 'old man, young girl' scenario, but in this case it works to perfection.

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a delightful movie with fine performance., 4 April 2004
8/10
Author: mvfever from Taiwan

I bought this movie because I love Granger and Simmons so much in 'Young Bess'. The quality of the VHS copy however is disappointing, I wonder if it due to repairing technical problems or lack of budget? Nevertheless, it is still worth the money because every once is a while, there will be a close-up of Granger or Simmons that is clear enough for an audience appreciation.

Granger and Simmons radiate their charms so effortlessly here because the characters they played are practically themselves--English socialites. The overall delightful result may look easy but it is however important that the script did not step into any wrong note.

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Harmless fun with Simmons and Granger, 17 March 2007
6/10
Author: Jem Odewahn from Australia

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ADAM AND EVELYNE offers a variant on the 'guardian-ward' theme explored so compellingly in the earlier Rank film THE SEVENTH VEIL. However, ADAM AND EVELYNE opts for light comedy rather than cane-lashing in the central relationship between Simmons and Granger.

The plot is rather silly yet all in good fun: Evelyne (Simmons) is an orphan who is suddenly found and taken away for a better life with the man she believes to be her father, handsome professional gambler Adam(Granger, sporting a rather terrible mustache). It is all a mix-up, of course, and unrefined 'Orphan Annie' Simmons finds out the truth about her parentage (yet not about Adam's source of income) in due time. She stays with a generous (and guilty) Adam as his ward, maturing (with the aid of an expensive boarding school) into an attractive and accomplished young woman. Complications ensue when Adam and Evelyne start developing feelings for each other that are definitely not of the 'father-daughter' type...

ADAM AND EVELYNE works reasonably well as light, unpretentious comedy. Simmons does some good work, likable as both the elfin-like young girl and the beautiful young woman (her appearance and clothing in the scene where Adam meets her as a lady must have inspired the costume designer of Audrey Hepburn in SABRINA). She also seems to resemble a curious Vivien Leigh-Elizabeth Taylor hybrid in several scenes. Granger is charming and does not have to do too much heavy lifting here. Granger and Simmons share good chemistry (which is expected, as they were courting at the time and married several years later), which definitely aids the production.

A rather poor script and silly plot hampers the production. Still, this makes good Sunday afternoon viewing.

6/10.

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Outstanding Film, 27 March 2008
6/10
Author: whpratt1 from United States

Enjoyed this film which I had my doubts about until I viewed the great acting of Jean Simmons, (Evelyn Wallace) and Stewart Granger, (Adam Black). This story is about a young girl Evelyn who lives in an orphanage and receives letters from her father telling her he is going to visit her someday and take her home where he raises horses. However, this is really not her father but a good friend of her father's Adam Black. Evelyn's father passes away and he asks Adam to take care of his daughter and he promises to look after her. There are very funny scenes and some very dramatic moments along with many lies which have been told and have to be explained to poor Evelyn Wallace. In real life, Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger were married and had a child. Great Classic film from 1949, enjoy.

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Handsome rake adopts innocent girl with romantic outcome., 18 October 2000
Author: david-254 from Farnham, England

OK so this film does not break any new ground but its worth watching to see the effortless way the two principal actors (Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger) give an impressive performance overcoming the somewhat well worn themes dealt with in the script. Jean Simmons turns from a backward English schoolgirl of the 50's into a stunning deliciously irresistible asexual goddess which will leave all men with a revived faith in the female of the species, at least for a few minutes after watching the film.

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Cute and predictable., 25 August 2000
6/10
Author: Adira-2 from Canberra, Australia.

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Possible spoilers: I used to think that cute and winsome comedies were a Hollywood specialty, but after seeing "Adam and Evelyne" I realised the British can do them too. Stewart Granger plays Adam, a professional gambler. Jean Simmons plays Evelyne, the innocent orphan he adopts. About fifteen minutes into the film it becomes easy to predict how everything is going to turn out - Evelyne will grow up, she and Adam will fall in love, and after reforming him, she will marry him. Not surprisingly, Stewart and Simmons sail through their parts. Neither made heavy demands upon the actors. Stewart was required to be suave and charming, while Simmons radiated naive innocence.

Still, I have seen worse movies. There was nothing actually offensive or irritating in "Adam and Evelyne", nor was it slow moving or boring. The obligatory scene where Adam shows Evelyne the sights of the town was cleverly handled. Instead of the standard montage of famous sights, intercut with Evelyne's enraptured face, we saw a sequence of scenes depicting Evelyne's energetic and Adam's increasingly weary *feet*, with the characters' dialogue as voiceover. And if nothing else the sets and costumes were fun to watch.

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Life Imitating Art, 18 December 2008
6/10
Author: (howardmorley@aol.com) from United Kingdom

Stewart Granger was 16 years older than Jean Simmons when they married in 1950, so they had real life chemistry together in this 1949 film as mature man (Adam) having a relationship with a beautiful girl (Evelyne).The plot has already been outlined by other user comments so I will merely comment on the time and direction.

As someone who was born in 1946, 1949 was, for most of us, a year in Britain of food rationing, burdensome post war taxes and austerity.Shots of people drinking champagne, drinking and eating in nightclubs, buying expensive clothes and driving expensive cars were a million miles away from most Britons life experiences then.It is only in recent history that gambling has been legalised and it is worth reminding viewers that in 1949 this practise could be prosecuted hence the film's depiction of illicit gambling in private homes.

The relationships of ex-service personnel in the post war period could be strong if they had previously shared privation together during the war in a life inter depending culture.This fact is clearly shown by Adam's steadfast friendship with his Irish jockey comrade who has secretly sired a beautiful daughter (Evelyne) who now resides in an orphanage.Adam and his Irish war friend share a mutual love of horse racing (and gambling) which keeps their friendship current with a strong bond of loyalty between them.The morality of the 1940s meant people could not be seen to be escaping the consequences of the law and a racing scam cooked up between them goes tragically wrong and the Irish jockey loses his life while racing.With his last breath he asks Adam to look after his daughter.A previous reviewer predicted the film's outcome but it is still enjoyable seeing how the characters finish.The mature divorcée who wants to marry Adam (while using her flat for gambling) is in for a bitter disappointment but so is Adam when she tips off Adam's ne'er-do-well younger brother, out of female spite, when she realises she cannot compete in the emotional stakes with the beautiful 20 year old Jean Simmons, when they give the police a tip off about illegal gambling.

There is a nice cameo performance about morality from Wilfrid Hyde White who explains to Evelyne that heroes often come with clay feet.Enjoyable with competent direction in B&W. I rated it 6/10/

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Adam and Evelyne *** for Maturing Young Lady, 17 December 2008
Author: edwagreen from United States

It all basically began with Adam and Eve. We've seen the young, innocent girl maturing into the young lady and falling in love with the older man in "My Fair Lady," and "Gigi." This is basically the same story in "Adam and Evelynne."

When Stewart Granger's friend dies, he takes his daughter in. The latter, Jean Simmons, believes that Granger is his father until she is told otherwise by Granger's girlfriend who senses Simmons as future competition. That sense proves correct when Simmons returns from finishing school in Switzerland all grown up. Problem is that Granger has never told her his true vocation: illegal gambling.

The story unfolds how they fall in love and the eventual treachery of his girlfriend and younger brother to destroy him over this love.

The film is nicely done. Jean Simmons goes from an unhappy child, looking for her father to the mature young woman searching for love.

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The witty dialogue is decidedly more entertaining than the corny plot., 22 June 2001
Author: rastar-1 (George Aachen <rastar@tpg.com.au>) from Sydney, Australia

With its echoes of "Little Miss Marker", "Daddy Long Legs" and "Orphan Annie", this is a rather stilted plot on which to hang a lightweight comedy. Nonetheless, it makes for enjoyable enough entertainment, even if a trifle too predictable and over-long. Agreeable playing, competent direction and first-class production values help.

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