The Age Of Adaline Analysis

People spend billions of dollars every year on beauty products. Most people desire a more youthful appearance, by having less wrinkles, younger looking skin, and lack of gray hair. On the other hand, image having the ability to never age another day past twenty-nine. People may seem to enjoy the thought of this, but may not stop to realize the consequences. In the movie, The Age of Adaline, not aging is a part of Adaline’s everyday life. After a freak accident in 1935, Adaline Bowman, played by Blake Lively who is well known for her role in Gossip Girl, is unable to age another day past twenty-nine. Now in the present day, Adaline is a hundred and seven years old but trapped in a twenty-nine year old body. Director Lee Toland Krieger and screenplay writers J. Mill Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz allow their viewers to experience the emotional connection with the characters in The Age of Adaline through the use of a carefully thought pace of the plot, character development, dialogue, and the quality of the acting.

The Age of Adaline pace is in a timely manner not allowing the viewer to get bored at any moment.

The pace was enjoyable, and within the first few minutes of the film, viewers become immediately hooked to the story. A narrator in the movie helps to keep the viewer from getting lost in the film and not knowing what is happening. For example, at the beginning of the film, the narrator begins explaining who Adaline is. The first scene of the movie, Adaline is buying a fake identification. Following this scene shortly after, explains why she had to do this. Therefore, the script is like a beautiful written novel, and since the film is set at a good pace, viewers are not falling asleep with unnecessary

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The character development of Adaline is brilliantly accomplished. The movie shows different scenes throughout history, and Adaline’s character brought to life by her wardrobe, hair, and makeup. For example, in 1929 when she marries her first husband, Adaline’s hair, makeup, and clothes are a perfect fit for the timeline journey in the past. Adaline’s mature talk in the film and her beliefs helps prove she is literally an old soul, but still appearing to people as if she is in her twenties. In many scenes, Adaline is brilliantly smart and recognized as a sophisticated woman. Hence, if Adaline’s appearance and mature talk had not been included in the film, this would have resulted in a disastrous lack of her character development.
The dialogue gives viewers chills and makes an impact on people’s emotions. The scene where Adaline meets her daughter Flemming, who could easily be mistaken for her grandmother, is breathtaking.