Movie #1054 "The Age of Adaline" was movie no. 1 on the plane going to Ireland/Scotland, and it was the best of the bunch. Well, let's say, it kept me watching all the way through. I'm not sure it is a film a lot of people would like, though. It's a bit historical (shows lots of decades, since she lives through them, definitely a romance, kind of science fictiony in the time flexibility of the lead character, etc. I was never quite sure completely how the magic happened to stop her from aging or how the magic happened to change that at all, so it's a premise that you need to buy to accept the goings on in the film. That being said, it was still intriguing to me how much her not growing could prevent her from living a happy life, to be on a constant move, to have a strained relationship with her daughter who ages while she doesn't, to never be able to let herself love anyone completely for that matter..... so many consequences that she has to live with. I've never really been sold on the actress Blake Lively (who plays the lead here), but she goes through quite a bit to get this character across, and Michiel Huisman, whom I got to know in the tv show "Treme" has a lead role as the love interest and he does quite an impressive job here. If any of this sounds interesting to you, maybe you'll want to check it out; otherwise, it might come across silly or confusing, neither of which is fun to watch for 112 minutes. But I was on a plane, and it was more entertaining than the little kid playing with his food down to the right of me!
The Age of Adeline - I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars
2015Rated PG-13112 mins
After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself -- till she meets a man who changes her life.
- Genre:
- Romance
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