Young Adam

Starring: Tilda Swinton, Ewan McGregor

RS: 2of 4 Stars

2004 Thriller

Steamy sex and the sight of Ewan McGregor's dick -- he's having it on with married Tilda Swinton -- got this otherwise tepid movie, directed by David Mackenzie, slapped with an NC-17. The adultery and murder that follow when McGregor signs on to work for Swinton and her husband (Peter Mullan), on a barge navigating the waterways of Glasgow, elicit only stifled yawns.

PETER TRAVERS
(RS 947, April 29, 2004)