The Age of Adaline (2015) Review

               The Age of Adaline (2015) tells the story of a woman named Adaline Bowman (played by Blake Lively from the Sisterhood of Traveling Pants movies) who born in 1908, then got struck by lightning one day at the age of 29 after crashing her car into some sort of lake. This somehow causes her to never age, making her live unusually long, perhaps even eternally. As time goes on, some people have gotten suspicious of her because she looks unusually younger than her age. As a result of being scared, she moved to a lot of different places over the past several decades all while changing her identity to different names and keeping a secret about her condition to her herself and her daughter.
              The majority of the movie takes place during the present day as she lives in San Francisco, and then stumbles a guy named Ellis Jones (played by Michiel Huisman) who falls in love with her and somehow complicates her life.
              I found this movie to be very sweet and charming. It has an interesting sort of fairy tale kind of quality to it, especially with the narration in here. The story kind of intrigued me, as I've kind of asked myself questions like, what would be my reaction if I realized I didn't age like a normal person? Would it be sad to see my high school and college friends grow older than me? Would my social status be affected in any sort of way?
              Most of the actors do a serviceable job here, but Blake Lively really does stand out in her role. She does a great job of conveying emotion and looking uneasy at certain points with her character. Harrison Ford also did a terrific job with his performance as Ellis' dad. I mean this guy just nails it with each time I see him on screen in a movie. He's a very natural actor.
              Any complaints I have are nitpicks like, why didn't she have the courage to reveal about her condition earlier in life? And like I said before, most of the actors are okay, but could be a whole lot better in my personal opinion. Also, there would be occasional moments just kinda sounds a little cheesy. But despite all of that, this is a perfectly harmless and sweet movie. I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed it, and even more surprised that tears came out of my eyes at the end.
              I give "Age of Adaline" directed by Lee Toland Krieger a 7 out of 10.