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48 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90IGNRyan LestonIGNRyan LestonThe 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.
- 77CNETRichard TrenholmCNETRichard TrenholmRyan 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.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperWith 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).
- 70VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThe movie is a total trifle, but it’s often a diverting one — a wide-eyed sci-fi adventure with a screwball buoyancy.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattEntertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattFor all its earnest sentiment and questionable science, though, Adam barrels along on movie stars and charm, from futures past and back again.
- 50Rolling StoneDavid FearRolling StoneDavid FearThe movie starts out desperately wanting to be E.T. It ends by pretending it’s the second coming of Field of Dreams.
- 42IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichIt’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.
- 40NMENick LevineNMENick LevineBecause 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.
- 38Slant MagazineDerek SmithSlant MagazineDerek SmithUltimately, the film tries so hard to do so much that it doesn’t end up doing any of it particularly well.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe result is neither funny nor thrilling, just exhausting.