The Adam Project

    The Adam Project
    2022

    Synopsis

    After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.

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    Cast

    • Ryan ReynoldsAdam Reed
    • Walker ScobellYoung Adam
    • Mark RuffaloLouis Reed
    • Jennifer GarnerEllie Reed
    • Zoe SaldañaLaura
    • Catherine KeenerMaya Sorian
    • Alex Mallari Jr.Christos
    • Braxton BjerkenRay Dollarhyde
    • Kasra WongChuck
    • Lucie GuestYoung Sorian Body Double

    Recommendations

    • 90

      IGN

      The Adam Project is a thoughtful, witty mash-up of all the movies from my childhood. It’s Back to the Future meets The Last Starfighter with a slew of wonderful performances from a cast that clearly loves the concept as much as I do. Ryan Reynolds is on top form as Adam, while Walker Scobell matches him punch for punch with a great debut performance.
    • 77

      CNET

      Ryan Reynolds stars as a wisecracking time-flyer in Netflix's breezy but heartfelt version of ET, Back to the Future and Flight of the Navigator for the Marvel era.
    • 75

      Chicago Sun-Times

      With echoes of “Back to the Future,” “The Terminator” and even a little of “Heaven Can Wait,” this is a consistently entertaining comedy-actioner with a lot of heart — and the perfect ending. Fine work, Adam(s).
    • 70

      Variety

      The movie is a total trifle, but it’s often a diverting one — a wide-eyed sci-fi adventure with a screwball buoyancy.
    • 67

      Entertainment Weekly

      For all its earnest sentiment and questionable science, though, Adam barrels along on movie stars and charm, from futures past and back again.
    • 50

      Rolling Stone

      The movie starts out desperately wanting to be E.T. It ends by pretending it’s the second coming of Field of Dreams.
    • 42

      IndieWire

      It’s a fitting third act for an overly safe film that only feigns at its ambition, and it leaves “The Adam Project” seeming less like a natural fit for Reynolds’ talents than an ill-fitting star vehicle for someone who’s never been less interested in stretching his limits.
    • 40

      NME

      Because of this humanity vacuum, the film’s emotional beats feel strained and awkward; often, Levy relies too heavily on Rob Simonsen’s mawkish score to tell us to feel something. The result: an inoffensive but forgettable sci-fi trifle that probably isn’t worth anyone’s precious time.