Lee Toland Krieger’s ambitious, enchanting The Age of Adaline is a dark fairytale of sorts, a magical, twisted endeavour that is surrealistic and fantastical. However it’s the filmmaker’s inability to revel in such a notion which proves to be at the film’s detriment, as despite being a unique, absorbing feature, here’s a title that’s too stony-faced for it’s own good, needing to revel in the absurdity of it all.
The Hugh Ross narration is emblematic of this fact, as while his voice sounds…
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