Film

The Adam Project

Name: The Adam Project
Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction, Comedy
Released: 2022
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Zoe Saldaña

A time-travel adventure where adult Ryan Reynolds teams up with his younger self to stop a catastrophe. It's got genuine warmth beneath the action-comedy wrapping, a touching meditation on fatherhood and regret, and the kind of earnest heart that makes you forgive the plot holes. For anyone who loves blockbusters that feel like a hug.

TMDb rating

3.5

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you like time-travel adventures where the real engine is a grumpy adult and his sharper-tongued kid self bickering through unresolved grief, with jokes that land because the feelings underneath are taken seriously.

Skip it if you want sci-fi with tight logic or a slow, brooding atmosphere; this one is brisk, chatty and happy to trade rigorous time-travel mechanics for banter and quick-fire set pieces.

What it asks of you: Roughly a hundred and six minutes of easygoing, fast-moving action with plenty of sarcasm, asking you to go along with its physics and stay for the emotional turns rather than examine them.

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