By Bob Bloom “The Age of Adaline” is a romantic soap opera, bookended by some science-fiction gobbledygook, expounded by a tedious narrator who sounds as if he is auditioning for a PBS “Nova” special. The story is about a woman who stopped aging after being revived by a lightning strike after what should have been a fatal car accident. Basically, she remains 29 for about 80 years. Time for the audience, however, seems to pass as slowly as it does for Adaline. At 110 minutes, “The Age of Adaline” mostly feels like an eternity.
REEL BOB: 'The Age of Adaline'
REEL BOB: 'The Age of Adaline'
REEL BOB: 'The Age of Adaline'
By Bob Bloom “The Age of Adaline” is a romantic soap opera, bookended by some science-fiction gobbledygook, expounded by a tedious narrator who sounds as if he is auditioning for a PBS “Nova” special. The story is about a woman who stopped aging after being revived by a lightning strike after what should have been a fatal car accident. Basically, she remains 29 for about 80 years. Time for the audience, however, seems to pass as slowly as it does for Adaline. At 110 minutes, “The Age of Adaline” mostly feels like an eternity.