Very seldom do I watch a movie that I fall in love with, but I recently watched this beautiful film and it really touched me. I also don't like gut-wrenching love stories, which I was afraid this would prove to be, but I was pleasantly surprised that it dealt tenderly with my emotions.
The basic premise is about this lovely young woman who was born in the early 1900s. After being married and having a child, she is widowed, and soon after has a terrible accident in which she miraculously receives the ability to never age - she remains age 29 for decades.
As a retro girl myself, I loved seeing her life throughout the decades.
In one scene she walks into her closet which is filled with various styles of vintage clothing.
She has a love for history, appropriately, since she had seen so much of it first hand.
She is wise and cautious and fairly set in her ways. Her inability to share her condition has left her lonely and guarded. She has experienced a rich life but has had no one to share it with, save her daughter who appears to be Adaline's grandmother for most of the film.
She begins to realize that a life well-lived is meant to be shared with others. And, of course, she meets the man who makes her long for a normal life where she can grow old with the one she loves.
I won't give away the ending (I like spoilers, but you, dear reader, may not), but it ends as it should.
Life is a beautiful journey and it is so much richer when you can let go of doubts and fears and embrace it as the adventure that it is and share it with those you love.
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