If you ever want to believe in true love again this is the movie that gives you hope.

This time I haven't scrolled through the Reviews, except to notice that the first few gave high rankings. I have to admit I found this Netflix film only from my wish to see Michiel Huisman again after my first experience of him in The Otterman Lieutenant - as a lover of romanticism (and of Turkey) who can suspend political-historical factism for the sake of a moving story. I realise The Age of Adaline gave much evidence of high quality filmic skills, but the plot/story was not for me. Ellis is a lovely man, and apart from the unlikely coincidences, the meeting and pursuing of Adaline (Jenny) was effective enough. That's about it.I have no idea if the nerdy voice-over has any veracity or not, but it didn't convince me and I am never a target for fantasy-science fiction - even less so if it's dressed up as romance/love. (Maybe ET was an exception way back!) So sadly I have to give a low score. The logic from me is that I wouldn't recommend it to friends. Despite the fine acting, the sheer fantasy of it all didn't jell for me apart from a sort of satisfaction that it ended suitably.

A great idea for a movie that is kind of ruined by the corny, cliché lines that just make you cringe. I was first drawn to this movie as i thought the story line looked unique and i jump at the opportunity to watch a movie that i haven't seen 100 times before. However, there were a lot of times where the execution of this story was overshadowed by feelings of utter cringe at the two love birds awfully written flirting one liners and smart remarks. The writer was trying to make the characters appear as witty as possible but it just made the romance unrelatable and robotic.

The Age of Adaline is a terrible movie with a poorly developed plot and a cast that tries far too hard. It has an interesting set up as we follow an immortal woman named Adaline struggling to cope with losing people she loves as she lives on. However, it fails to deliver in all the potential this plot had, disengaging us from the story with an unusual narrator. The characters in this movie are also, quite simply, unlikeable. I had no reason to route for Adaline, she does not do anything intriguing enough or honourable enough to have me both respect or have any desire to follow her on this journey. Her love interest Ellis is also also a boring, two dimensional character. The cast could have saved these ineffective characters, but they had as little interest in this plot as the writers did. Blake Lively is not a likable leading lady, she never grabbed me or pulled me in to this story, and her complete lack of chemistry with Michiel Huisman made this movie even more difficult to watch. Harrison Ford does deliver a good, surprisingly passionate performance, but it was sad to watch him do great work for such a lackluster project. A regret from beginning to end. Boring and dull, The Age of Adaline is certainly not worth a watch. A woman who does not age struggles when she starts to fall in love. Best Performance: Harrison Ford / Worst Performance: Blake Lively