The Age of Adaline (2015)

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Pleasantly surprised by its IMDb rating of 7.3, I can’t say I felt the same for the film’s plot. The story played out pretty much exactly as I’d expected but then again I don’t think it really pretends to be the movie that Inceptions you or pulls a Shawshank Redemption at the very end.

I personally love movies that remind us of the preciousness of time – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Click, About Time (one of my all-time favourite time travel movies). What I liked in particular about this one was the way in which they brought that message home – reminding us of our inevitable doom by showing us the complete opposite – Adaline Bowman, the girl who lived (and lived, and lived..)

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