The Age of Adaline

Lionsgate | Release Date: April 24, 2015

7.5	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 228 Ratings

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BshopMay 16, 2015

A movie that is a long PSA on distracted driving and healthy eating.
Premise was good (girl stops aging, falls in/out of love, loves someone new, wants to be mortal again, girl starts aging again conveniently), but the execution wasA movie that is a long PSA on distracted driving and healthy eating.
Premise was good (girl stops aging, falls in/out of love, loves someone new, wants to be mortal again, girl starts aging again conveniently), but the execution was terrible.
I call this pseudo-science, because while stopping the aging process probably starts with freezing someone, jump starting back to normal temperature does not happen instantly.
I feel like Blake Lively had a part in some of the dialogue, because some of it is too outrageous to believe an actual writer wrote it - ex) "Don't eat salt/sodium more than usual daughter" and "Take this street, that street please cabbie". Ridiculous.
Harrison Ford is probably the only bright spot here, he delivers an emotional performance.
All the other characters fade in and out, depending on what attachment Blake Lively has to them.
Also, both instances of her dying/age stopping/rebirth happen due to car crashes. You would think after the first time, she would be more careful (or even after living for so long with cars) about distracted driving, but alas, afraid not. It is used here for plot points, and nothing else.
In summary, wait for rental if you must see it. Not worth the ticket price in theaters.… Expand

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hotfromcauldronApr 26, 2015

If somebody took the time to read this ludicrous script- I would not have wasted two precious hours of my life on the adult fairy tale- Age of Adaline- without a "Grimm" moment. Our Benjamin Button ‘Nancy Drew’ stuck in neutral is runningIf somebody took the time to read this ludicrous script- I would not have wasted two precious hours of my life on the adult fairy tale- Age of Adaline- without a "Grimm" moment. Our Benjamin Button ‘Nancy Drew’ stuck in neutral is running her whole life fearing scientists might do an ET on her while it’s aging hollywood starlets that would rip her to shreds. For the first hour we see how she’s one step ahead of everyone until a big whoopsy. I say hello and you say goodbye and good bye and goodbye is corny enough as our fable’s moral—but no- this one is more perverse—when two starry eyed family members are sucked into the same black hole. Nothing cures like time and love. So i’ll be okay in a few days.… Expand

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lomeliApr 26, 2015

The Age of Adaline is beautifully shot- but after being exposed to a combination of wonky pseudo-science, wooden acting, no chemistry between the leads, contrived drama, and a cliche ridden script, I found it to be an absolute chore to sitThe Age of Adaline is beautifully shot- but after being exposed to a combination of wonky pseudo-science, wooden acting, no chemistry between the leads, contrived drama, and a cliche ridden script, I found it to be an absolute chore to sit through. It is a film that does just about everything wrong.… Expand

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ParithMay 23, 2015

Too emotionally stunted to have the intended effect. I felt nothing for these plastic characters. And making him rich then showing us that she's rich too was comical... where's the romance in that. The makers of this thing are clearly someToo emotionally stunted to have the intended effect. I felt nothing for these plastic characters. And making him rich then showing us that she's rich too was comical... where's the romance in that. The makers of this thing are clearly some mercenary cold blooded people that marry for status and no nothing of love. And a buff handsome charming computer nerd? Kim Dotcom is what the computer rich look like. And Harrison Ford as an astronomer, that just had to have also gone to med school. Where are these people's heads at that can apparently only see love in the coveting of status? What an utterly uncharming movie.… Expand

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reb0014Jan 8, 2016

a cliche over dramatized reverse benjamin button without a charming lead. the coincidences are unreal and unlikely, taking you out of the story. and like all fakey love stories they are madly in love after a few days. Unrealistic and surreal.

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