Review of The Adam Project (2022) by Jluis_001 — 11 Mar 2022

This film's limitations in terms of ambition, are self-imposed.

And that is for the simple reason that innovating in this genre has unfortunately become too difficult, and it's very noticeable when it mix in a lot of bits and pieces from other stories in a way that completely fails to establish an identity of its own.

It's very difficult to come up with something that is genuinely good enough to be worthy of your time when the whole balance of your output is between everything you want to be and everything you can copy from somewhere else.

Ryan Reynolds may be very appealing to audiences because audiences clearly show it to him, but it's amazing to see how film after film he demonstrates his total lack of range and just repeats the same funny guy who tries so hard over and over again.

You can also see how his comedic delivery only improves when Mark Ruffalo enters the picture.

That's what happens when a better actor who isn't even breaking a sweat makes him improve what little he can afford as an actor.

Now overlooking most of its flaws, which I have no real interest in enumerating, The Adam Project is the kind of production made to work on streaming to perfection.

It will be more than entertaining for most subscribers, it will be in the top 10 for probably the next two weeks if not more, and it will die in complete silence after that, but if it got you to pay for another month of Netflix, even with its new pricing, boy, did it serve its purpose.

You'll have a good time if you turn off your brain, and it's ok.