The Age of Adaline - 8 out of 10

The Age of Adaline
8 out of 10


The idea of eternal youth is not new.
It is also fascinating.

Moreover, it seems to be...feasible!
Not just in this fiction.

Multiple recent studies and the ever increasing life expectancy reveal that we can live longer and in much better shape.
We have the inhabitants of Okinawa and some other blessed places to follow.

Ikigai is one of the rules.
The diet, eating less is another secret.

On the island of Okinawa, they rise from the table when they are just 70% full or thereabouts.
No junk food either.

In short, there are many demonstrated solutions to this issue and in the future, if there is a planet left, people will live longer and longer.
Assuming they will not perpetuate the same massive mistakes, pollute and ignore th signs.

In The Age of Adaline, the protagonist finds Eternal Youth through different means.
After an accident, her car plunges into the river.

The temperature drops to the extreme point needed to make the audience believe this scenario.
Then it just happens that a thunder delivers the outstanding, necessary jolt that would work just like an emergency rescue operation.

After this, the story is interesting and sometimes amusing.
Adaline is recognized in a hotel by a friend who cannot believe her looks...

Oh, I take care of myself 
You look amazing ...your face!
It is just this Brazilian cream I am using

Probably words to that effect.

Then she is stopped by a traffic policeman.
When he looks at the age written in the driving license, he has questions...

The year when you were born..
Yes...
I will have to keep this and you can come an pick it up...
Tomorrow morning?
With your birth certificate.

Obviously, the officer could not believe she was the person mentioned in the document.
Judging from the way she looks.

There are other rewards in the film.
However, the undersigned was not too happy with the actress in the leading role.

Evidently, on top of the preposterous premise that an accident, then the thunderbolt would create a new type of Frankenstein, albeit a charming, attractive one who not just follows the Queen lyrics...

" Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live forever?"

The Age of Adaline is watchable, although not phenomenal.