Sameen Amer said in her review, “For their second cinematic endeavour in less than a year (following 2021’s Free Guy), Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds take us on a good old fashioned sci-fi adventure in The Adam Project, a movie that’s highly derivative, riddled with inconsistences, burdened with some bafflingly wonky, uncanny valley de-aging … and yet fairly fun!”
The film goes back to the style of famous 1980s classics – like E.T., Big, Field of Dreams, and even Back to the Future – to give a simple but emotional adventure full of one-liners and jokes and a lot of endearments.
The story is about Adam Reed, played by Ryan Reynolds, a fighter pilot who steals a time jet in a dystopian 2050 with the goal of traveling back to 2018 and knowing the truth about his wife Laura’s (Zoe Saldaña) disappearance. However, he instead goes back to 2022 and meets his 12-year-old self (Walker Scobell) who is mourning the recent passing of his father (Mark Ruffalo), being a handful to his loving mother (Jennifer Garner) and getting bullied at school.
With villains – let by Catherine Keener’s dictator Maya Sorian – hunting them, the two Adams must join forces to not only solve the mystery of what happened to Laura but also save the world from its dystopic end.
Amer noted, “There isn’t much that is inventive about the story, but the script is both snappy and touching enough to keep things amicable, even if the overall predictability of the tale never lets the proceedings get quite as exciting as they should be. And as with most light-hearted sci-fi films and their tendency to have plot holes so big you could drive a DeLorean through them, The Adam Project too is best enjoyed without analysing the intricacies of its simplistic plot and inconsistent rules and mechanics.”
The cast really helps – from famous people like Ruffalo and Garner to terrific newcomer Scobell who is perfect as Reynolds’ younger version – everyone is enjoyable in their respective roles. Even Reynolds and his (evidently tired) wise-guy character are surprisingly active here.
Amer noted, “Keener though is sadly saddled not only with an underdeveloped character but the tragic recipient of some distractingly poor CGI de-aging; casting two different performers (one as younger and the other as older Sorian) or hiring a younger actress and aging her up instead would have definitely been a wiser move.”
In the end, “The Adam Project” may not be the most impressive film in science fiction you’ll see, but the comedy adventure still gives some entertainment while paying tribute with its throwback to classics. Amer ended her review by saying, “It may be too generic to be memorable, but it’s still not the worst viewing option for a lazy Sunday afternoon.”
After “Deadpool,” Reynolds has been the go-to man for this type of character. I like that they have him playing the quippy guy who doesn’t know when to stop because he knows that people are in love with that part of him. However, I hope he doesn’t get typecasted for that type of role all the time because people will get tired of it. Still, see this movie on Netflix because it is good. I would like to think of this as an alternate universe who follow-up to “13 Going on 30.”
Thank you for joining in on my review today. Look out next month to see what I will review next.
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