So… I went to see Age of Adeline last week…
Not a bad movie overall, but there are definitely some crazy coincidences in the movie. Well, that’s why it’s a movie.. because things happen that don’t usually in real life.
Adeline, played by Blake Lively, was in an accident when lightning struck her with so much energy to not only restart her heart, but also to stop her aging process. So she’s been around awhile, not letting people in because of her secret. One day at a New Year’s party, this dude runs and uses his hand to stop the elevator to stop it, just so he could talk to her. His name is Ellis, and is played by Michiel Huisman (Daario Naharis from Game of Thrones seasons 4 and 5). He then goes to her workplace, asks her out, finds out where she lives, and gets his heart broken after she ended things with him.. even though, you know, they’ve known each other about a week or less.
Anyway, Adeline’s very old daughter urges her to give the guy a chance, which Adeline does, and they are together again. Ellis asks her to come spend the weekend with him at his parents’ house for their 40th wedding anniversary. Turns out, Ellis’ dad, played by Harrison Ford, was Adeline’s lover all those years ago, and he was going to propose. Adeline, who is going by Jenny, says that Adeline is her mother, and that a lot of people tells her she looks like her mom.
Anyway, long story short, Adeline runs away again, gets in an accident again, gets struck by lightning again, and starts aging again. She then tells her secret to Ellis, he meets her daughter, and they lived happily ever after.
I liked the movie. I did. But isn’t it a bit… umm… stupid, to tell a guy you met less than two weeks ago (I counted) a secret you’ve been keeping for decades? Maybe they knew each other longer, maybe there were time lapses, but still, knowing a guy less than a month, or even a year, and a secret you’ve been keeping for forever? C’mon.
I did count the days that they were together, actually having a conversation and getting to know each other (because there were a few days where he called and left voice mails, she didn’t call back… I didn’t count those, since there’s no way they’re getting to know each other through one-sided voice mails), and it was less than 2 weeks.
So yeah. Good movie, maybe add a montage of them spending a few days or weeks together, maybe a “3 months later” kind of thing, you know, to show that they spent more time getting to know each other. Anyway. Good movie overall.
Jasmine Yeo 