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The new dynamic duo of Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds have struck gold for the second time in a row with their new film, The Adam Project. A heartwarming/heartbreaking character driven film about love, loss, and family wrapped neatly in a sci-fi time travel adventure bun.
Reynolds once again brings his sardonic, quick-witted comedic chops to the fore to great effect. Adding to the fun is Walker Scobell who plays the obnoxious 12-year-old version of Big Adam (Reynolds) to perfection. Swinging between moments where you want to punch this kid in the face, HARD, and repeatedly, and wrap him in a warm embrace effortlessly, Scobell shines. Bravo on the balance. Rounding out the cast and pulling on the old heartstrings are the incomparable Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, and Zoe Saldana as Adam’s family with a delightfully wicked Catherine Keener as our “big bad”.
My one complaint is with a running time of an hour forty-six minutes we don’t get to spend enough time with this wonderful cast of characters and the overall catalyst of the things in 2050 are vague to say the least. But focusing on the Big Adam/Young Adam dynamic isn’t a bad trade off. I’m just being greedy and wanted more. Not a bad thing in a movie.
The Adam Project is humorous and gut wrenching with a fair amount of action to round things out. The music bumps, the CGI solid, direction and cinematography clear and on point. For those not really into sci-fi (gasp, swoon) no worries, The Adam Project is more sci-fi lite with more focus on character than a deep dive into understanding time travel theories. You’ll definitely laugh and just as likely to cry so have some tissues at the ready.
Entertaining, emotional, and relatable The Adam Project is definitely worth giving a watch. Or two...
The Adam Project gets a 9 from me.
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