Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) was born in 1908 San Francisco. Her engineer husband dies in an accident building the Golden Gate Bridge. One snowy night, she crashes her car into a cold river. A lightning strike brings her back to life and stops her aging process. Her daughter Flemming starts aging past her and people starts questioning. The FBI takes her into custody but she escapes. She starts living a nomadic life taking on new identities. In the present day, her daughter Flemming (Ellen Burstyn) is moving away to Arizona. Lovelorn Ellis Jones is relentless in his pursuit of her. Ellis' father William (Harrison Ford) recognizes her as Adaline but she explains that Adaline is her mother.
Ellis isn't my kind of romantic lead. He's a bit too stalkery for me although I get his appeal. The spiritual leading man in this movie is actually Harrison Ford. He is way more charismatic than Michiel Huisman. Blake Lively is perfect to be put on a pedestal. She fits this role very well. I love that she has acquired so much knowledge. The best scenes come from Ellen Burstyn with Blake. Ellen has to play the daughter. It is such a refreshing relationship. Their simple scene of eating lunch is more electric than most of the movie. I don't completely buy the romance but I am interested in Adaline.
Ellis isn't my kind of romantic lead. He's a bit too stalkery for me although I get his appeal. The spiritual leading man in this movie is actually Harrison Ford. He is way more charismatic than Michiel Huisman. Blake Lively is perfect to be put on a pedestal. She fits this role very well. I love that she has acquired so much knowledge. The best scenes come from Ellen Burstyn with Blake. Ellen has to play the daughter. It is such a refreshing relationship. Their simple scene of eating lunch is more electric than most of the movie. I don't completely buy the romance but I am interested in Adaline.