Adam centers a straight protagonist who enters a lively queer social circle filled with gay, trans, and gender-nonconforming friends. The narrative treats these characters with dignity and warmth, highlighting mistaken assumptions about identity as a gateway to understanding rather than mockery. Reviews praise the film for its authentic casting, empowering moments, and respectful portrayal of LGBTQ lives, positioning it as an affirming coming-of-age comedy that celebrates queer community.

Adam centers a cis man's romantic pursuit built on a mistaken trans identity, using peripheral trans male characters as foils in a comedy that drew widespread criticism and boycott calls for its reductive handling of gender themes.

Adam centers on a single mother who enrolls her son in school after an overbearing boyfriend appears, framing relationships around sexual motivations while depicting lying as first rebuked then accepted and mixing scriptural references with evolutionary explanations.