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The Age of Adaline
U/A (INDIA)
2015
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The Age of Adaline
Positive Reviews
88
Negative reviews
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Average Rating
2.9
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2.5
For a movie that emulates literature, The Age Of Adaline never fits comfortably into a particular formliterary or cinematic.
Av Club
2.5
So yes, a fantastical magical realist fable lushly shot in David Fincher ish greens and browns reduces its theme to the same basic edict as a boilerpl ..
Av Club
2.0
Despite her charm and the movies interesting premise of a woman who doesnt age, the execution is far from magical.
Common Sense Media
3.5
For a film thats really more of a character study than a sweeping epic, The Age of Adalines biggest, constant risk is assuming the audience will go al ..
We Got This Covered
4.5
On the surface, Age is a low stakes, high concept romance, gifted with warm cinematography and lush period trappings.
Austin Chronicle
3.0
Harrison Fords performance is the big surprise in this otherwise wonky, frequently shambling tall tale.
Time Out
3.0
The Age of Adaline, for its part, delivers the twists and turns of its fantastical plot with elegance and confidence.Here, the weak romance threatens ..
Vulture
3.0
And what a throwback pleasure director Lee Toland Kriegers (Celeste and Jesse Forever) latest would have been, if it werent so exasperatingly unfocuse ..
Paste Magazine
3.0
The age difference between Blake Lively and Harrison Ford is 45 years, which might be enough of a yawning gap to give one pause, in the average romant ..
Telegraph
1.3
Someone should steal this concept and make a decent movie out of it.
San Francisco Chronicle
2.0
This is especially sad, considering the film could have done something beautiful, or even funny, with its premise.
Cinema Blend
3.0
Livelys actually quite good which is saying something as Adalines not an easy part.For one thing, its a fine line for any performer to walk when appea ..
JoBlo
3.0
The Age of Adaline is a ludicrous romantic fantasy, but solid craftsmanship and good acting make it an enjoyable one too.
Screen Rant
2.5
With her noticeably prim, old fashioned manners and old fashioned luggage, Lively seems to be aiming for mid century Grace Kelly poise though like Kel ..
The Globe And Mail
2.5
It fails to pursue any of the fascinating questions its premise raises. Instead, it dives headfirst into Nicholas Sparks territory and explores, thoug ..
Philly
2.2
Some of those qualities would have done this spineless movie a lot of good.
One Guys Opinion
1.5
Everything is just a little off: The plot is resolved too tidily, and Lively appears ill at ease shes stiff and self consciously ladylike, as if she w ..
Village Voice
4.4
And for an hour, Adaline is warm and charming, with a somber edge.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.5
Its Highlander with a heart, and while the premise is fairly bizarre, director Lee Toland Krieger does a fine job keeping the picture grounded with tr ..
Blu Ray
1.9
Everything about the movie, from its lush cinematography to its costumes and design to its attractive cast, is glamorous, which only furthers our unde ..
Mark Reviews Movies
2.5
Way to gloss over the technical details.Livelys performance is appropriately mysterious but too shallow to allow audiences to empathize with her chara ..
Usa Today
1.0
This magical realist meditation on mortality is untroubled by logic, clarity, intelligence anything that might salvage such simple minded slush.
The Times
2.0
Without that made for each other spark, the movie dissolves into a flaccid shaggy dog tale shambling toward its foregone conclusion.
News Review
3.0
Free of violence, death or graphic sex, this romantic fantasy is an easy going throwback to womens films of yore, complete with a smooth narration fil ..
Radio Times
2.0
The pic thankfully never goes over the side into full out hokeyness or, worse yet, maudlin melodrama. (Full Content Review Sex, Profanity, Violence, e ..
Screen It
2.0
The Age of Adaline is a beautifully shot and absurd romantic fantasy about someone who can never grow old.
Independent
2.5
One way to understand the form of Walther Ruttmanns Berlin, Symphony of a Great City, is to see it as producing states of flow that reinforce a flat o ..
Pop Matters
2.0
Its also why director Lee Toland Kriegers follow up to Celeste & Jesse Forever is a gorgeous but instantly forgettable dud.
The Wrap
2.5
That line is meant to echo with profound resonance but instead sounds like a nutty in joke, and its emblematic of the deadly serious way this movie tr ..
News Day
1.5
The Age of Adaline peddles the fantasy of not only looking like Blake Lively, but looking like her for eternitya wrinkle free situation that, per Lee ..
Film Journal International ..
3.0
Shades of Twilights vampire romance haunt this sweetly soppy fantasy pitched somewhere between the conceit of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the ..
The Guardian
2.5
The makings of an interesting movie are here, but the script, written by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz, collapses on itself in the third act ..
Az Central
2.5
Im not sure if it was designed as a cautionary tale for the Botox generation or just another fairytale about the magic that can result from the timely ..
Smh
2.5
Eternal youth can be a curse: the best vampire movies have taught us this.
Smh
3.0
A muddled mixed bag containing some fascinating ideas, a handful of terrific scenes and some good performances.
Mountain X
3.5
It brings to mind the fantastic joke that concluded the recent vampire comedy What We Do In The Shadows, which shouldnt be spoiled even for those who ..
Npr
3.0
Still, its an unusual, thoughtful drama that takes a novel look at the fountain of youth, and that afterwards will have those seeking nothing more tha ..
Flim List
2.5
Susan Grangers review of The Age of Adaline (Lionsgate Films) The concept is intriguing: what would life he like if you stopped aging at age 29.Thats ..
Susang Ranger
2.0
The chemistry between Harrison Ford and Blake Lively is tangible despite their massive age gap.The film, like its leading lady is graceful and sympath ..
Book My Show
4.0
Blake Lively is the most stunning human specimen alive. With the smoothest of whiskey voices and traffic stopping looks, she is a perfect fit to play ..
Book My Show
2.5
The conceit endows Livelys regal air of distracted superiority with an intermittent pathos, but the director, Lee Toland Krieger, brings no identifiab ..
New Yorker
2.0
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Boston Herald
3.2
This conceit isnt particularly explored beyond the initial presentation; it mostly allows us to have the ageless nature of a vampire movie without the ..
The Film Stage
3.5
For a long stretch, Blake Livelys high concept romantic drama The Age of Adaline plays like some Nicholas Sparks stab at the fantastical melancholy of ..
Boston Globe
2.5
The Age of Adaline aims to be as timeless as its main character, but it ends up feeling like a musty relic.
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
The Age of Adaline hints at, but never fully explores, a wealth of potentially mind blowing and comical setups.
The Atlantic
2.5
Except for its premise, The Age of Adaline traverses familiar romantic drama territory and definitely isnt among the well written films of the genre.
Deccan Chronicle
2.5
For a movie about a 106 year old albeit one trapped in the body of a 29 year old The Age of Adaline doesnt have a lot of wisdom.
Detroit News
2.8
Thats the hare brained science and modern movie magic of Lee Toland Kriegers sentimental and serviceable The Age of Adaline.
Consequence Of Sound
1.5
Take a chance.If you follow this advice, let me know how it works out for you.
Movie Habit
2.0
And each style is a marvel Adalines hair is simply too good for this world.
Vox
3.0
Honestly.Arguably the best performance of all comes from Ford, and it comes at just the right time.
Hey U Guys
3.2
This YA style romantic fantasy could have been cringe inducing; instead its a serviceable fable about the importance of mortality.
Oregon Live
4.5
Indie darling Lee Toland Krieger has managed to pull off this high concept film with an innocent charm that harks back to Golden Age Hollywood romance ..
Film Ink
2.0
Ironically, this romantic drama about a woman who cant grow old creaks along like a centenarian with chronic arthritis.
Mirror
3.0
This pseudo scientific contemplation of beating the process of aging is questionable from the start, but its a bold and risky sci fi in which logic is ..
Varia Gate
3.8
Its refreshing to see a love story about grown ups, aimed at grown up audiences.
Three Movie Buffs
3.0
The audience is certainly offered plenty of beautiful bone structure featured in languid close ups of the two leads, along with jewel like, memorable ..
You Tube
2.5
This movie should be a fine reminder of how effective supernatural romantic fantasy can be.
Tamp A Bay
3.0
Yes, The Age of Adaline ends pretty much how youd expect and takes a little long getting there, but will appeal to those who enjoy their romances deli ..
Nz Herald
3.1
And the anonymous male narrator (credited to Hugh Ross) doesnt jibe.
Kansas City
3.0
For everyone else, this very much delivers on its earnest intentions.
Flicks
2.5
Starved of sufficient comedy or drama, The Age of Adaline is a pipsqueak.
Stl Today
1.5
Shockingly, this makes the movies central love story deeply unconvincing.Still, Lively is pretty decent as Adaline.
The Stranger
3.0
More cynical viewers will enjoy the premise and performances, but will find the tidal wave of plot twists too yucky to bear.
Contact Music
3.0
Instead, The Age of Adaline is a weeper that raises more concerns than true tears.
Film Racket
4.0
The Age of Adaline is a curious creation.Both earnest romantic melodrama and science fiction thought experiment, its an elegant hodgepodge of tones an ..
Vanity Fair
3.0
Its a fascinating Benjamin Button like premise and Lively shines in the lead, capturing the wisdom and weariness of someone over a century old. But it ..
The Sun
2.5
But the casting of Ms. Lively is not purely for commercial purposes, or to help promote a wish fulfillment fantasy about beauty that never fades.
Wsj
3.0
Thankfully, theres a confident optimism to its second act meditation on the conflicted middle ground between past and future.And it has nothing to do ..
The Filmy Ap
3.5
Your tolerance of the films central conceit depends on how much of a hopeless romantic you are and your openness to rampant implausibility.But Lively ..
Patriot Ledger
3.5
Surprisingly smart and moving and much worthier of a viewing than everything about it would naturally suggest.
Antagony & Ecstasy
2.0
The revelation adds a fleeting touch of poignancy, but also hints at an absurd but far more profound love story that is denied by the dreadful Hollywo ..
Scmp
3.5
This movie is never as warm or swooningly romantic as the screenplay seems to want to be, but it manages to be strangely inviting all the sameand look ..
The Dissolve
4.0
But if audiences can hang in there with it, the movie will represent a nice piece of counter programming to that OTHER Age Of movie, the blockbuster f ..
Dead Line
3.0
Beautiful but shallow, but also beautiful a spell that only breaks once you turn on your brain, which you shouldnt anyway.
Metro New York
2.0
The plot is both ridiculous and overly convenient, stealing screentime from the deserving thorough period production design.
One Room With A View
4.0
Is it possible for a movie to be at once ludicrously silly and genuinely moving.Thats the strange question you might find yourself asking while watchi ..
No La
3.1
It says a lot for the refreshingly out of fashion sincerity of the film that it never second guesses its ridiculous premise, successfully framing the ..
Movie Mezzanine
3.0
Being 29 forever might sound idyllic, but Blake Livelys ageless Adaline Bowman counts the cost of immortality in The Age of Adaline, a elegantly gloss ..
What So
3.0
Its engaging and feel good, if occasionally dull and predictable, but all in all The Age Of Adaline functions perfectly well as a harmless, fantasy in ..
Scifi Now
1.5
The movie is so obsessed with its own weird morality to the point that Adaline is divorced from her own emotional statenothing touches her prim facade ..
Lainey Gossip
3.8
Its a tough story to swallow, and Age of Adaline doesnt always make it easy, particularly during its overlong third act.
Seattle Times
3.1
A high level of suspension of disbelief were talking Code Red is required to enjoy The Age of Adaline, and the film is charming enough and accomplishe ..
Clclt
3.5
While it can be a tad messy with quite a few dots not totally connecting, the picture it paints is enchanting, exquisite and elegant just like the eth ..
Fresh Fiction
2.5
The story itself is hardly epic and certainly isnt romantic, which makes us focus on how ludicrous the whole thing is.
3.0
Still, with all these warts, The Age of Adaline still serves its purpose for a date night movie.
Fat Guys At The Movies
1.8
Its fairly fitting for a movie that never feels interested in plumbing the depths of its characters.
From The Balcony
3.1
But director Lee Toland Kriegers cosmic riddle The Age of Adaline doesnt pander for pity.
National Post
3.0
If you can overlook the barking premise of this sci fi romance then youll be rewarded by a richly detailed performance from Blake Lively as Adaline, a ..
Sky
3.5
The premise of The Age of Adaline is the stuff of precious fantasy, likely targeted for the women of a certain age demographic.
Winnipeg Free Press
2.0
Blake Lively is lively in this original with nowhere to go love story. Not much else is.
Tri City Herald
4.0
The Age of Adaline, a soft science fiction romance, is a surprise despite its five year development cycle: based on nothing, but fully realised, and a ..
Trespass Mag
1.0
The Age of Adaline is pretty to look at and inhabited by a great cast, and had anyone taken a moment to come up with a suitable metaphor for Adalines ..
Toronto Sun
3.1
In fact, its a little refreshing that Adaline is not based on a book (though it sometimes feels like it could be), as it is well paced and efficient a ..
Columbus Alive
3.5
The triumph of A Separation was the cinematic stereo it made of words and action.
Grant Land
2.0
However its delivered, it never gels with the love story.In fact, the love story never gels with the love story.
Blog Bullz Eye
3.0
If you can endure the stretch youll be able to glean some wonderfully nostalgic and beautiful moments.
Graffiti With Punctuation
2.4
Overall Age of Adaline dances around its romance/drama/fairy tale plot with a delicate gracethanks largely to its ageless lead.
Schmoes Know
3.5
Apart from an ending that seemed a tad stretched and the voiceovers that were unnecessary, this is an unusual and engaging saga of everlasting love.
Times Of India
3.1
The type of bittersweet film that can trump the resistance of reason and logic, and sweep us into a story of longing, regret and renewal.
MLive.com
3.1
Unfortunately, it is the love story chosen to be at the center that doesnt work as well as what surrounds it.
The Film File
4.0
The drama is subtle and humane; everyone is insanely nice and considerate to each other in this film.
Web Archive
2.5
If youre on the lookout for a date movie with plenty of schmaltz, this movie delivers on various levels.
Mid Day
4.5
Director Lee Toland Krieger has achieved a rich and warm palette, with fascinating inside looks at rarely seen historic San Francisco sites.
At Home In Hollywood
3.5
Their faith pays off, sort of, in The Age of Adaline, a sentimental romance thats more watchable and touching than it may sound when you hear the prem ..
Vogue
3.5
Huisman is charming, but its Ford who makes this movie. Fords been involved with so many action movies, its easy to forget his acting talent.
Fres Nobee
3.0
For those willing to take the leap of faith, however, The Age of Adaline manages to rise above its flaws to deliver a nicely emotional romantic drama ..
Indie London
2.5
The Age of Adaline provides an intriguing premise that is wasted on a formulaic and cliched potboiler romance.
Reel Bob
1.3
Theres really very little passion conveyed which makes the story lackluster. Its just completely flat.
Daily Journal
1.0
BILLED as an epic romantic fantasy, this would be time travel weepie demands an immense suspension of belief.
Daily Telegraph
4.0
It is a raw, vulnerable performance that ensures the film soars and draws fresh reserves out of Lively (the definition of Supporting Actor, surely); t ..
Screen Space(Squarespace)
3.8
Nobody cares about hypothermia and cellular elasticity if you can make them feel the collision between regret, love and hope.
City Weekly
2.8
For a little while there, you remember just how charismatic Ford can be.
My States Man
3.1
Its a frustrating movie because it never really takes full advantage of its potential.
Cinencuentro
1.9
Lively delivers every line with an arrogant remove, like someone just asked to kiss her hand. It might be the most sepia toned performance Ive ever se ..
Trib
1.5
The Age of Adaline is the kind of adult romantic drama thats fallen out of favour, and it at least makes you consider how that is a shame.
The Coast
3.5
All in all, Age of Adaline surprises you with its warmth and sweeping romantic notions.
The Movie Kit
2.5
It is a story of family, hardship and a specific time and place in American history.
Movies About
3.0
We dont need a chemical equation or an earnest scientific voice telling us whats what.
What She Said Radio
3.8
Look, this is silly, and on some level the movie knows its silly.
Madison Movie
1.9
Oh the horror of spending your entire life looking like a sexy, twentysomething blonde Hollywood bombshell!
Dcw50
3.5
The Age of Adaline is an unassuming yet sweet natured little film that parents can actually enjoy with their children, and these days thats a rare joy ..
Spectrum (St. George, Utah ..
2.5
Adaline is an 107 year old mash up of Hawking, Holmes and Mario Andretti, all dressed up in Gucci with nowhere to go. What a fascinating character the ..
3.1
What it lacks, however, is key to the success of any romantic film and thats chemistry between its two leads.This proves to be Adalines fatal flaw, on ..
News Gazette
2.5
The unhurried storytelling matches Adalines endless life, making this a respectable date movie.
Live Mint
3.8
Its nice to see the Golden Gate Bridge in a movie and not see it ripped apart by monsters or apes or superheroes.
Hono Lulu Pulse
2.5
But its Ellen Burstyn who steals every scene shes in, believably playing younger than Livelys Adaline.
Dear Cast and Crew
3.5
Lively gives a thoughtful, complex performance, with undertones of melancholy and a yearning for connection.
Belie
3.0
Lively does a good line in aloof, and if Huisman never convinces as the object of her desire then the narratives peripheral relations more than fill t ..
The Guardian
1.0
The overwhelming tedium of the film settles on you like a great big duvet made of granite, even crushing a serviceable plot twist involving Harrison F ..
The Guardian
3.0
Age of Adaline while frequently preposterous has just enough pixie dust that it ought to find a fan base among romantic types.
The Guardian
3.5
If you couldnt age, would you still be willing to watch your loved ones grow old and wither away over and over again
Ausin Chronicle
3.8
No matter: this is powerful film, often in spite of itself.You want it to break your heart, and it does.
Rogerebert
2.5
As in Only Lovers Left Alive, there are dalliances with nostalgia, yet theres less a sense of them as reckonings with the boredom of unlimited time th ..
Slant Magazine
2.5
As pleasant, undemanding romantic dramas goes, The Age of Adaline is pleasant and undemanding, taking great care not to upset you unduly with strong e ..
FlickFilosopher
3.0
For all its competence and polish, the movie feels a bit bland and noncommittal; one wonders if the story might have been better told with Almodovaria ..
The Hollywood Reporter
3.8
Parallel to that intriguing plot which has a terrific complicating factor is an even more attractive consideration of Adalines predicament.Lively has ..
New York Post
2.5
Thats no surprise given that cinema confers a kind of immortality on performers even if, as parades of tragically frozen faces attest, it can get conf ..
The New York Times
4.0
Ellis wont go away, and for once well, for the second time as it turns out she thinks about trying the truth.
Los Angeles Times
3.2
The Age of Adaline is a strange film, hooked as it is on a character intent on revealing little.
Reeling Reviews
3.5
Still, Adaline is consistently gorgeous to look atand a good reminder that love, even when its complicated or painful or doesnt last, is a whole lot b ..
Explore Entertainment
3.1
While it doesnt join the company of classic melodramatic weepers it hopes to emulate (think The Notebook to All That Heaven Allows ), Age of Adaline i ..
The Star
1.5
Its a film that takes itself way too seriously, even when there are campy elements that keep creeping into the material. It kept me interested to a po ..
Bowling Green Daily News
2.5
The Age of Adaline works best as a simple story of boy meets girl; girl falls in love; girl mulls whether or not to reveal that shell stay young forev ..
The Washington Post
3.5
Viewers seeking a pleasant alternative to the early summer blockbuster barrage could do far worse than this genial high concept romance, a likely mode ..
Variety
3.8
(In terms of the latter, Elijah Wood, cast as Celestes colleague, puts a frequently hilarious spin on the gay best friend stereotype.)
Reel Film Reviews
4.0
It does such a good job of grounding itself in reality that you forget the fantastic premise its trying to sell you.
Desert News
3.5
Never mind that the story is far fetched, the film engages largely due to a winning central performance by Blake Lively as the ageless Adaline, who sp ..
Urban Cine File
1.5
An unstable combination of melodrama and fantasy that doesnt satisfy in any level.
3.8
The films greatest gift might be that it harbors one of Fords best performances in years.
Way Too Indie
1.5
The Age of Adaline is a plushly packaged and has its fantasy charms, but it could have been infinitely more impactful.
San Diego Entertainer Maga ..
2.5
Alas, The Age of Adaline takes its premise and squanders it on a run of the mill romance that doesnt have the courage to tackle its themes head on.
The Dispatch
1.5
If you are looking for a romance film with hints of science fiction, this is it.
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