The Adam Project

'The Adam Project' has jumped to the top of Netflix's Top 10 charter across countries worldwide a day after its release on the platform.

One of the greatest things about this movie is the interaction between Adam and his younger self. Is this the story of a man reconnecting with his younger self, searching for his missing wife (the "love of his life"), righting the wrong past behavior towards a grieving mother, or meeting with his dead father with the opportunity to say a final goodbye? After asking his younger self his age, middle-aged Adam sees he has travelled to the wrong year. It is only when he finds his wife, Laura (played by Zoe Saldaña), or rather when she finds him, that it becomes clear that it was she Adam was searching for. When he finds Laura, Adam (and by extension, the viewers) discovers the real reason why he should have travelled back to 2018: to meet his late father, Louis Reed (played by Mark Ruffalo), and save the world from a power-and-money-hungry villain, Maya Sorian (played by Catherine Keener). Young Adam is being bullied and is regularly being suspended from school, to the dismay of his mother (played by a great Jennifer Garner), who pleads to the school principal for compassion for her son after losing his father less than a year ago.

"The Adam Project," directed by Shawn Levy, is a science fiction film that lets its engaging dialogs and an emotionally pickled narrative do the heavy.

Louis Reed stops his sons from telling him how he died, and the younger Adam gives a tight hug to his mom as he remembers what his older self had once told him. Just then, Maya Sorian, arrives on the scene, with the younger Adam in her captivity, and her younger self from 2018 by her side. Laura feels that even if the events get reversed, and the time stream is corrected, a transcendental echo stays with the person, and she is hopeful they will meet again. In the chaos, he didn’t have the time to double-check the coordinates, and by mistake, he landed in the year 2022. Both young and old Adam take a jump to 2018 and meet their father, Louis Reed. They became nostalgic as Louis Reed had died, and seeing him once again in 2018 was like reliving all those fond memories. What follows is a scuffle where Louis Reed and his sons fight the enemies. He uses junior Adam to start his jet as they do have the same DNA. So someone had changed the time stream, and so the future, from where the jet had left initially, had already been changed. Yes, the actor could be questioned for the repetitive and formula-driven choices that he makes, but what you cannot say is the fact that the performance lacks fervor. A time jet was returning from the year 2018, but the astonishing thing was that no one ever flew to 2018. Adam, from the future, was being chased by a woman named Maya Sorian, who happened to be his dad’s partner. The presence of the prolific Mark Ruffalo adds a garnish to an already appetizing platter.

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But when Future Adam finally pulls it out and it's revealed to indeed look very similar to a Jedi weapon, Young Adam deadpans, "That's a lightsaber, dude." The ...

It's a fun reference to Deadpool, one of Reynolds' most popular characters, and further affirms how interconnected many of the actor's projects are becoming. But when Future Adam finally pulls it out and it's revealed to indeed look very similar to a Jedi weapon, Young Adam deadpans, "That's a lightsaber, dude." Young Adam finds the hilt and is convinced it's a lightsaber, which Future Adam repeatedly denies.

Ryan Reynolds' life shares some very intentional parallels with The Adam Project's storyline, particularly a personal moment in the film.

According to the director, their goal was to "make a time travel movie that felt really grounded and foregrounded character and fun and adventure and heart that didn’t get too mired in the rules." In addition to Reynolds, The Adam Project stars Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Zoe Saldana, Walker Scobell, Catherine Keener, and Alex Mallari Jr. Not only did Ryan Reynolds draw inspiration from classic '80s films like E. T and The Goonies for theThe Adam Project, but he also borrowed from personal experience.

Many time travel movies have come and gone, each experimenting with plot, background, characters, and most importantly the science of time travel. But the ones ...

Back to the Future is nothing like the current generation of time travel movies. Back to the Future is one of the greatest time travel movies ever made. Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, Synchronic explores the concept of time travel in a never-seen-before package. However, at the same time, there’s some understated philosophy of life that also makes the story a little melancholic. 12 Monkeys shares very little similarity with the works of The Adam Project, except for the fact that someone from the future goes back to the past to save the world. The movie stars John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, and Clark Duke in main roles. Now, this is a time travel story that is fun, exciting, and very Bill Murray. Groundhog Day makes you look at life differently, we promise. This is one of those sci-fi movies that deal with moral dilemmas and does that through grungy action sequences and a neo-noir-like premise. During one of his assignments, Joe finds out that his future self is also a target for the mob. If you love art, literature, and sci-fi, not necessarily in the same breath, then this is a movie for you. That being said, in the years between Back to the Future and The Adam Project, filmmakers have dished out a whole bunch of inventive, touching, and unforgettable time travel stories. But the ones who stay in our memories and go down in history as the most iconic, are the ones that have perfectly used all the elements that it takes to make an incredible story.

Walker Scobell and Ryan Reynolds star in a scene from the movie "The Adam Project." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults.

The Motion Picture Association rating is PG-13 — parents strongly cautioned. Motion Picture Association rating, PG-13 — parents strongly cautioned. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG-13 — parents strongly cautioned. The Catholic News Service classification is A-III — adults. “The Adam Project” (Netflix) — Catholic News Service classification, A-III — adults. The Catholic News Service classification is A-III — adults.

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Zoe Saldaña and Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds star in The Adam Project, a time-travel story about a man on an adventure with his younger self.

The form of therapy presented in The Adam Project is obviously impossible, and more than a little simplistic. But its exploration of the wounds of childhood comes from a more earnest place. (Netflix also trots out some of that Irishman technology to put Keener’s face on a body double in scenes where she interacts with her younger self.) And a romantic interlude between Garner and Ruffalo is a little too quippy for its own good. (The movie is full of “Okay, I guess” contrivances of this type.) So he breaks into the backyard of his 12-year-old self, a smaller, more asthmatic, but equally smart-mouthed version of Adam (Walker Scobell). When Levy and Reynolds — both co-producers on the film — play to their strengths, The Adam Project is zippy, agreeable sci-fi fun that produces a few good chuckles. Writer-director Shawn Levy has already collaborated with Reynolds (on 2021’s Free Guy) and shot eight episodes of Stranger Things, so combining the two is a logical next step.

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But The Adam Project, as pleasantly slight as it is, gestures toward a career trajectory the actor might enjoy in the years to come, after that jawline softens, that tight bod inevitably enDaddens itself, and his characteristic brio settles into the less effortful confidence of middle-age. It's also possible that the performance works because so much of it exists in the interplay between the two Adams — Reynolds and Scobell. In their many scenes together, Reynolds allows his familiar, keyed-up, outward persona to recede, in order to really listen to the other, younger actor, who doesn't so much steal focus as confidently accept it. Maybe it's that the script gives him more moments to breathe as an actor, as in an emotional scene he shares with Garner in a bar. He's funny in the way he usually is, he's handsome and buff and charismatic as ever. But there's a difference between choosing roles suited to your gifts and using your gifts to force roles into suiting yourself. You knew that this was just a cruel joke that he and his friends were pulling, and you had just a scosh too much self-respect to ever actually make that phone call, yet it's true that the first time you read his note, you flushed with a stupid kind of excitement, imagining for one magical instant that you'd somehow fundamentally misread the previous four miserable years of high school and okay I now realize what I'm describing may have been something less than a universal experience and more of a Me Thing so uh let me get back on track and refocus on my original thesis. No, he was the other kind of jock, the kind that wasn't looking for a career in the NFL, but only trying to gain some leadership experience and expand his extracurriculars. He went out of his way to ask to sign your yearbook at graduation, though you'd never talked to each other; when you read it later, you found that he'd left his number and invited you over to his house to swim at his pool over the summer. Again and again, he's chosen roles that highlight what comes easiest to him: Witty banter, mischievous humor, ingratiating charm. He carried himself with a confidence that he always worried might get mistaken for cockiness or swagger, so he took pains to keep in check. He was on a first-name basis with the custodian, with whom he talked car-racing; the lunch-servers snuck him extra tater tots. And why The Adam Project feels like a small but significant — and possibly even hopeful — departure for him.

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The two are preparing to time jump back to 2018 to find their father before he died. He turns to big Adam and says, "Let's do this sh–," and off they go. Young Adam looks at his wrist and the camera punches in on the Speedmaster laying against the window of the ship [00:55:27]. It's is a crisp close-up of the Speedy. In fact, this shot is so clear, it's how I was able to determine the reference of the watch in the first place.

NPR's A Martinez talks to actor Ryan Reynolds, who stars in the new film — The Adam Project — about a time-traveling pilot on a quest to save the future.

And I - you know, at that time, I was, you know, I put off going to the doctor. And I just - and it was - you know, it was also oddly emotional at times. I produced "Deadpool 1," "Deadpool 2," "Free Guy" and "The Adam Project." So with that is a luxury to able to work with the people that you really, truly trust in the foxhole, so to speak. I still have it just because I thought it was so funny. But I waited a couple of years, went and got an X-ray. And I found out I'd broken a couple of vertebrae in my neck. And I'm really - I know I really hurt my neck when I did it. Do you still do a lot of them or most of them or all of them? REYNOLDS: Yeah. I mean, it's - I would much rather have a kind of persona take over than, you know, have to sort of suffer through any sort of social interaction alone, in the naked light of day. And I used to try and just make people laugh as much as I could so that they wouldn't get to know me. So I developed a bit of a silver tongue as a kid. I mean, is that a little window or mirror to you as a 12-year-old? MARTINEZ: That younger version of yourself, that's played by a young actor named Walker Scobell. And he really seemed - if I could imagine you, Ryan, as a 12-year-old, that would be him.

Ryan Reynolds does some time traveling in new Netflix film.

Which is why I sincerely believe The Adam Project to be his best film yet. What makes it really work this time is his chemistry with newcomer Scobell. They found a child actor able to successfully mimic that Ryan Reynolds banter, making it totally believable that he would grow up to become Big Adam. He’s also able to throw it right back at his adult self, giving as well as he receives. For Big Adam, though, he’s had thirty years to deal with and analyze his feelings and personal problems, so he’s able to come right out and say what’s on his mind, usually through snark and disobedience. Working with the more complex storylines that show provides has had a noticeable effect on his other work. Turns out, this man is Adam from the year 2050, where time travel exists. Adam Reed (Walker Scobell) is a twelve-year-old who’s small for his age, but that doesn’t keep him from antagonizing the school bully and getting into fights.

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But “The Adam Project” is light on placing things in a larger perspective. If taken on its face or as an exploration of father/son relationships, “The Adam Project” works. “The Adam Project” is a commercial construction that will entertain a broad viewership. That sense of regret, loss of opportunity, not being able to say goodbye is integral to “The Adam Project.” If only we all had a time machine. The reason is he’s the Adam from the future, and since Reynolds plays him, he’s one cool dude. The ship’s pilot, also named Adam (Ryan Reynolds), emerges and takes refuge in the young Adam’s house.

Joining Reynolds in Netflix's The Adam Project are co-stars Walker Scobell, Zoe Saldana, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, and Jennifer Garner. The new sci-fi ...

It makes sense why Reynolds won’t be stepping behind the camera to direct anytime soon, as his passion and inspiration currently resides with opportunities where he can collaborate with others. While promoting his latest film, The Adam Project, star Ryan Reynolds shares why he doesn’t want to direct movies in his future. "But, no, I love the position I’m in - I love that I get to work with the folks I get to work with. If I could direct something with Shawn Levy down the road someday, that would be nice." Same with performing, and I get to work with guys like Shawn Levy. I don’t know why I would try to think I can do that on my own, that would be idiotic. The two have a long-standing working relationship, most known for their collaboration on Levy's 2021 hit action comedy, Free Guy. Joining Reynolds in Netflix's The Adam Project are co-stars Walker Scobell, Zoe Saldana, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, and Jennifer Garner. The new sci-fi adventure movie follows Adam (Reynolds), a time-traveling pilot who accidently crash-lands in 2022.

Action comedy stars are common, but "The Adam Project" proves Reynolds' unique talent for smiling through sadness.

But Adam and his mother Ellie (Jennifer Garner) are still mourning the death of his father Louis (Mark Ruffalo), a pain more lasting than his many bloody noses. But other actors' contributions confer a weight to the story that balances out the frivolity. In 2022 Adam is a middle schooler who's small for his age and bullied by bigger more aggressive kids, for which he compensates by wielding a very smart mouth. "The Adam Project" demonstrates this by showing his and Scobell's versions of Adam being frequently run down by danger, losing to danger, enduring danger punching them in the face. Post-"Deadpool," Reynolds became the movie hero who turns the cliché about laughing in the face of danger on its ear. Understanding why "The Adam Project" transcends its otherwise mundane action-adventure trappings requires comprehending the specifics of Ryan Reynolds' intergenerational appeal.

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Young Adam is excited to meet his buff older self, but is naturally very confused and inquisitive about how time travel works. He wants to know if Adam remembers everything that’s happening, since they’re the same person and all. In the future, Adam has shifted his anger and grief from his mother’s shoulders onto his dead dad’s legacy: it turns out daddy Louis (Mark Ruffalo) was the one who accidentally invented time travel in the first place, causing a chain reaction that led to a very bleak future for everyone, including Adam.

The Adam Project is a fun throwback 80s style time traveling adventure with winning performances from Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell and Zoe Saldana.

Reynolds is one of the rare actors who can get away playing the same role in all of his films. The special effects are at a high level. Caught in the fray is his mother, Ellie (Jennifer Garner). Ellis’s stuck navigating through her own grief while trying to be understanding of young Adam’s prickly behavior. A time traveling journey would be boring without some bad guys trying to stop our heroes. Reynolds and Scobell have terrific chemistry. For Adam (Ryan Reynolds, Red Notice) this isn’t exactly a joyous reunion.

In 'The Adam Project' on Netflix, Ryan Reynolds plays Adam, a time-traveling fighter pilot from 2050 who crash-lands in the present day.

Scobell, as the young Adam, does a great job of matching Reynolds’ tics and mannerisms; it’s fun to watch these two together, the older Adam recognizing how terrifically annoying he was as a 12-year-old, even as the younger Adam—awkward and nerdy and angry at the world—marvels at the mere notion that he could grow up to be a time-traveling fighter pilot with a beautiful wife (and muscles to boot). But these two performers are undone by all the clutter around them. Forget the complexities of time travel, of wormholes and the laws of physics. Reynolds has fantastic comic timing, and tends to play characters who are both insecure and have an inflated sense of their own importance in the world. Whenever she re-emerges, The Adam Project breathes a little. Watching The Adam Project won’t help: minute by minute it wades deeper into its morass of excess. It’s hard to know exactly where The Adam Project, a futuristic fantasy and coming-of-age adventure-comedy starring Ryan Reynolds, falls.

In “The Adam Project,” Ryan Reynolds' character pairs up with his mini-me to save the future. But what happens to the space-time continuum.

The movie stars Reynolds, which may be why it is jam-packed with sarcastic humor. “Is ... is this time travel?” asks Ruffalo in the movie. The story revolves around a rogue time traveler, Adam, played by Ryan Reynolds, who attempts to save the future but accidentally lands in the year 2022 instead of 2018. In one scene, a car flips over and explodes. One fight results in a bloody wound. First, the two Adams are hanging out.

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The Adam Project shines when it's not a sci-fi action-adventure film and instead focuses on the emotional beats between Adam and his family.

It's a surprisingly mature concept to approach for a family film like this, with the young Adam getting to see firsthand what holding onto his anger and grief instead of working through them will do to him. It's not a coming-of-age film for the young Adam but an emotional one for the grown Adam. The Adam Project is most exciting when it actually moves away from the basic action material and focuses on the unique emotional moments made possible by unlikely circumstances. The film shines when it instead focuses on the Reed family and their interpersonal problems. In a future where time travel has been perfected thanks to the work of Louis Reed (Mark Ruffalo). Using time travel, the future version of Maya Sorian (Catherine Keener) is able to give her younger self the advice key to turning her into one of the world's most powerful business owners -- and giving her large amounts of control over the application of time travel. But one of those aspects works far better than the other.