movie review - The Adam Project
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Between jaunts to other continents, I managed to watch this with my kids. It's a Sci-Fi story that starts out in a high-atmosphere jet/spaceship chase and clearly winds up in the lush wooded seascapes of British Columbia in the present day. Where the pilot of the craft being chased winds up meeting his own self as a child.
The story that ensues doesn't always work - time-travel almost never gets it right - but I thought the actors playing the adult Adam and his younger self had great chemistry. In fact the kid knocks it out of the park, doing a great job with a role that represents a realistic child with insecurities and fears and real-life problems like bullies to go along with self-inflicted problems like resenting your parents.
The tone stays on the light side, which can get a bit muddled with all of the parent angst and the clearly conflicted Big Bad doing her own dirty work in the timeline. Things don't particularly well for the adult Adam and I think it makes sense - not everything is going to go well when you're pushing it as far as he does.
Recommended.