Entertaining Only Till Viewers Have To Adhere To Time Travel Headache (The Adam Project)

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Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds return to team up on The Adam Project, a time travel adventure that reminisces feelings of Amblin-like nostalgia that could attempt to make Steven Spielberg proud. Starring A-listers such as Zoe Saldana, Jennifer Garner, and Mark Ruffalo, you'd be wondering if this was a multiverse feature within the MCU. Working together again after Free Guy, Levy and Reynolds produce what could have come close to an enjoyable Netflix epic. 

The story centers around Adam Reed from two different times. Adam from the year 2050 escapes his timeline to accidentally arrive in 2022 to meet his 12-year-old self in order to find his long-lost wife. When all comes clear, it's up to both Adam's to possibly destroy time travel when it was considered a possibility to be able to save the future. Amidst the action and sci-fi elements, The Adam Project happens to also be a story about family as well as legacy. 

Newcomer, Walker Scobell is the spitting image of Reynolds, personality-wise. Considering since this boy monologued Deadpool for his audition tape, Scobell is as mouthy and as sarcastic as Reynolds usually is in all of his movies, making him a clear choice to play any version of his co-star. This might be Reynold's most personal role yet since The Proposal. Less mouthy than usual, this might be one of my favorite portrayals he has ever done.

The two portrayals of Adam manage to mirror and complement each other in ways that'll bring out the better qualities within the narrative. At the epicenter is a story about family and this is portrayed through the versions of Adam struggling with the relationships among their parents. In the first 20 minutes, as we are getting to know Young Adam before he meets his older self, we learn that Young Adam doesn't treat his mother well and Older Adam regrets this, pushing his younger self to appreciate her more. On the other hand, Older Adam grew bitter towards his father, his projects, and his death, leading Young Adam to remind his older self that despite him not being around most of the time, their father still loved them and tried to make up for the lost time. 

Even if Garner and Ruffalo make up a reunion 20 years in the making and its themes on loving your parents more, The Adam Project might entertain long enough before viewers have to adhere to extreme headaches. The film is exceptionally louder compared to most Netflix action flicks. Moreover, the film starts out choppy, tends to get a little too fast-paced that you cannot comprehend the segues and certain de-aging CGI attempts were so horrible that it ruins what could have made the film better. You'd think in a film like this, time travel rules would be easier. It may remind you of theories that were introduced in franchises like the MCU and Back From The Future but there's something about the logic shown to us here that makes it more confusing and forgettable than most time-bending features. 

It may remind viewers of the E.T. and Super 8 days but it is highly doubtful when it comes to adults that really appreciated the wonders of those particular eras and the stories it told. However, kids may enjoy this film even if there are scenes of side characters getting disintegrated for dying outside their timelines but it may entertain them enough to possibly get their parents to fall in love with the kookiness it represents. Unfortunately, The Adam Project is nothing like those movies and neither does it surpass the entertainment value most people were surprised to find in the Night at the Museum trilogy or in Free Guy. Yes, the actors are great and their individual chemistry works but sometimes, viewers might just want more but not overly complicated for a short runtime. 

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