The Age of Adaline (2015)

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  7 / 10

  The Age of Adaline is a bittersweet tale that depicts a beautiful curse. The ability to never age. Yes, a young woman named Adaline dies in a freak accident. Yet, unexplainable (in any logical sense), she is brought back to life and is now unable to age. Youth, it is something we cling on to. The uncontrollable desire to never grow old. Closer and closer to death. Yet, is this a blessing or a curse? Seeing everyone else that you love go through life til their timely deaths. This film beautifully explores that idea. Initially, I wasn't too sure if this was going to a sappy romance, fortunately it wasn't. In fact, this was executed with extreme class and elegance. Most of this is provided by the central character, performed eloquently by Blake Lively. She made Adaline elusive, incorporating many fine details that made her utterly watchable. Lively's sheer natural beauty (my God...what a babe), the vintage fashionable attire and the way she executes the lines with such class. She needs more lead roles. Ellen Burstyn was fantastic, but wanted more screen time of her. This is Harrison Ford's best performance in quite some time, it actually seems like he wants to be there. An understated emotional role that felt very nuanced. The main love interest and relationship itself was sweet, nothing too powerful or emotionally investing. The direction was surprisingly better than average, I mean some of the shots were magnificent to watch, especially the thunderbolt hitting Adaline's car. I do love me some good slow motion. The countless scenes of narration explaining the apparent "science" behind the freak accident and illustrating Adaline's past life felt uninspired and lazy. I also found the ending to be slightly tame, in comparison to the more powerful first two acts. However, in saying that, this caught me by surprise. I found it to be a sweet and endearing romance with a good sci-fi twist. Highly enjoyable, would happily watch again.

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