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Film Review: “The Age of Adaline”

By Nils A. Shapiro others in the film what we already know. in any way; she does not look a day older. Somehow, the
At one point long into Director Lee Toland Krieger does a masterful job of lightning strike that revived her and saved her life had also,
this film, Adaline’s daughter setting us up for what is to come by, at the very beginning, inexplicably, made her immortal—a fact that she cannot, must
introduces herself to a man having a narrator describe the scene of 29-year-old Adaline not, make known to anyone else lest they treat her as some
sitting with both of them Bowman driving a car at night along a San Francisco kind of oddity, a freak.
as Adaline’s grandmother. highway, when a crash sends her spinning down a ravine and When two FBI agents approach her one day and want her
You must admit that’s an into a freezing lake. After two minutes without breathing, and to come with them—we assume it is because people have
interesting situation! technically dead, she is revived by a lightning strike, swims noticed that she has not changed—Adaline fears that they
But by that time it’s to the surface and reaches the shore. intend to use her as a subject for study. She excuses herself
perfectly understandable to Adaline had been the first baby born in San Francisco on for a few minutes, escapes, and begins a decades-long life of
anyone in the audience, for New Year’s Day—one minute after midnight, January 1st, changing cities, jobs and identities every ten years...carefully
this is a highly unusual story 1908—and had married a handsome man, a construction avoiding establishing any kind of meaningful relationships.
that—while it requires some worker. Ten months after her car accident, she gives birth In the meantime, her daughter Flemming, by now an
suspension of belief—is to a baby girl, Flemming, but later loses her husband in an elderly woman played poignantly by the always wonderful
so beautifully told and so accident while he was working on the construction of the Ellen Burstyn—although fully understanding and empathetic
emotionally gripping that we are willing to believe every Golden Gate Bridge in 1937. in her feelings toward her mother—sees Adaline only
one of the twists and turns unfolding before us on the screen, Gradually, Adaline begins to realize that from the day of sporadically and is considering moving into a retirement
while hoping desperately for Adaline herself to reveal to her auto accident, her physical appearance has not changed home in Oregon.
This is the kind of film that is difficult to review without
including several key “spoilers” that, while intriguing, would
Everyone deserves a doctor who they dilute the maximum pleasure you could derive from it, so I

will restrain myself from describing too much more, other
trust and like. One who listens and than to hint at the following:
-There is one scene that must surely have been included

takes their time to answer questions to serve as a counterweight to Adaline’s own immortality,
by having her sense deeply the loss of the one companion
and address concerns. A doctor who is able to be close to her during her need to travel from place
to place—a scene that brought me to tears.
-When Adaline finally allows herself, at the age of 107,
available when you need them most. to become emotionally involved with an attractive young
man who is charmingly persistent and invites her to come

I provide proactive, preventive, wellness & sick care to with him to his parents’ 40th wedding anniversary, the story
finally comes full circle with the appearance of the young
adult patients at my concierge medical practice. man’s father, played by Harrison Ford in what the late Roger
Ebert’s syndicated reviewer hailed as “his best performance
since The Fugitive.”
I have said enough here. To describe any more would be
To discuss your health needs, and my care model, you to spoil the film for you. If you have Netflix, watch it tonight.
are invited to a complimentary meet and greet with If not, or if it is no longer available on that service, a DVD
me - by video, phone or, when the pandemic permits, is available from the Boca Raton Downtown Public Library.
in-person at my practice.

Please call 561.368.0191 to schedule your meet and
greet with me. I look forward to meeting you.

Steven E. Reznick, MD, FACP
Recognized as a “Best Doc”. Practicing in our community since 1979.

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