Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) was born in the early 20th century, and at the age of 29 is involved in an accident that leaves her looking forever 29. She is forced to disguise herself with different aliases every decade or so in order to avoid suspicion, and is unable to see a lot of her daughter, Flemming (Ellen Burstyn) grow up. After going solo for almost a century, she meets Ellis (Michiel Huisman) at a New Year’s Eve party and there is instant chemistry.
First off, the narration almost made this a comedy. Right from the beginning of the film, the narration comes across as corny and really fake. The disembodied voice totally detracts itself from the film and though Hugh Ross does sound very omniscient and serious, it doesn’t come across like that. The narration pretty much ruins the atmosphere, but luckily there isn’t very much of it. For scenes with the accident they should have just left it alone, and not added a voice-over to explain things. Perhaps it seemed very childish...
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