The Adam Project Movie Review: Ryan Reynolds’ Sci-Fi Film Has The Nostalgia And Simplicity Of Old Family Films

Available
On:
Netflix

Duration:
106
Minutes

Language:
English

Plot:
The
Adam
Project
follows
a
time-travelling
pilot
Adam
Reed,
accidentally
crash-landing
in
2022.
He
ends
up
having
to
team
up
with
his
12-year-old
self
for
a
mission
to
save
the
future
and
their
lives
from
being
destroyed
by
an
evil
company.

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Review:
Directed
by
Shawn
Levy,

The
Adam
Project
is
similar
to
the
80s
family
films
like

Honey,
I
Shrunk
the
Kids,
E.T,
.
The
Last
Starfighter
and
others
with
the
additional
advantage
of
better
technology
and
CGI
effects.
The
writers
keep
the
story
tight
on
the
family
front
and
take
plenty
of
unexplained
liberty
on
the
sci-fi
front
but
it
still
works.

The
film
begins
with
a
young
Adam
Reed
(Walker
Scobell)
getting
into
a
fight
at
the
school
with
his
bullies.
When
his
mother
(Jennifer
Garner)
rushes
to
talk
to
the
principal
at
the
school,
we
find
out
it’s
just
the
two
of
them.
At
least
for
the
past
two
years
after
his
scientist
father
passed
away
in
an
accident.
During
his
suspension
from
school
–
which
frees
him
up
for
time
travel
–
Adam
is
visited
by
another
older
Adam
(Ryan
Reynolds)
from
the
future.

Older
Adam
who
is
a
time-travelling
fighter
pilot
accidentally
lands
in
2022
when
his
jet
is
shot
out
of
the
sky.
He
planned
on
landing
in
2008
to
talk
to
their
father
but
with
a
bullet
hole
in
his
body
and
the
jet
at
its
lowest
capacity,
he
has
to
use
his
younger
self’s
help
to
set
things
right.
While
the
younger
Adam
admires
Ryan
for
the
physical
changes
in
his
life,
the
older
Adam
despises
his
younger
self
for
making
all
the
wrong
choices.
After
being
attacked
in
2022
as
well
by
the
evil
company,
they
set
their
differences
aside
to
travel
to
2008
to
talk
to
their
father
and
stop
time
travel
from
being
invented.

The
film
brings
back
the
simpler
time
travel,
a
notion
from
the
early
sci-fi
of
one
timeline
bard
of
any
multiverse.
The
plot
point,
where
sharing
too
much
information
about
the
future
can
disrupt
the
past
help
kept
things
simple
and
straightforward.
The
screenplay
has
little
to
no
comic
moments
but
Ryan
Reynold’s
banter
with
the
co-stars
is
enough
to
keep
the
story
light-hearted
even
with
death
and
doom
at
the
centre
of
it.

The
Adam
Project,
also
the
name
of
the
time
travel
project
which
Adam’s
father
creates,
explores
the
different
perspectives
of
the
same
character.
How
differently
the
young
Adam
remembers
his
father,
and
how
the
trauma
of
the
older
Adam
changes
his
mindset.
Both
end
up
helping
each
other
at
the
end
reconcile
with
their
dad
never
to
see
him
again.
The
sweet
family
moment
is
just
enough
to
make
the
audience
emotional
and
teary-eyed
at
the
right
moment.

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Ryan
Reynolds
remains
his
usual
self
in
the
film
as
Adam
Reed,
however,
it
is
Walker
Scobell
who
surprises
with
his
performance
by
keeping
up
with
Mark
as
well
as
Ryan.
Mark
Ruffalo
plays
off
some
of
his
90s
sweet
guy
characters
as
the
papa
Reed
with
a
mix
of
his
Marvel
character
Dr
Bruce
Banner.
Watching
Ryan
and
Mark
play
father
and
son
is
unusual
given
their
big
on
and
off-screen
presence,
let
alone
the
Hulk-Deadpool
dynamic,
but
their
pull
it
off
easily.

Overall,

The
Adam
Project
is
an
easy,
relaxing
watch,
a
step
up
from
Red
Notice
and
a
development
from
Free
Guy.
The
sci-fi
entertainer
is
worth
its
time
for
a
weekend
for
a
family
session.