As I'm the romantic type, it would be hard for me to keep being objective. I will also avoid peeling some onions to not make this any harder.

Of course it's not the first time a movie is focused on the forever young theme. It's actually becoming redundant and to be frank not always beautifully used as it should be.

But Adaline is a good exception and this beautiful story will let you shed some tears and give you a warm feeling that life has many beautiful things to offer so we have to enjoy every opportunity given to our eyes. Of course it's not as powerful as Titanic or Gone with the Wind but it is without a doubt one of the best movies I've seen this year.

The main reason is probably Blake Lively. She is illuminating in this movie and we could feel that she owns Adaline throughout the story. She's always in the right tone, the right emotion and she transported me throughout the movie. The rest of the cast is doing great too especially Harrison Ford who I was surprised to see in that kind of movie. This is proving me how great and talented this actor is. He gave to this old man haunted by his past a real deal of emotions.

So here it is. Now let me empty that brand new tissue box next to me and wish you a nice ride in Adaline Land.

Whether living forever through magical waters, aging backwards, living life over and over again or being reincarnated and reunited with the love of your life, the whole idea of going against the natural order of nature and the way that God sets up our life is a scary concept. You are born, you learn about life, go through a variety of experiences, and then you age and die. To have anything beyond that always brings on consequences either tragic or painful, and how the human mind can't fathom surviving decades past all these losses just gives me chills.

I have seen so many of these sagas of fantasy and science fiction and I thank God that I am a mere mortal. In the case of beautiful Blake Lively, her story is beyond the realms of sadness. A young widow with a young daughter, she goes through a scary accident where the laws of nature go haywire and make her seemingly immortal. Looking 30 but having a daughter in her late '70s, Lively ends up running away every time she either gets too close with a man or when the law begins to become suspicious of her. Daughter Ellen Burstyn urges her to give love another chance, and with the perfect man, Michael Huisman, her dreams seem to be coming true, that is until she meets his father, Harrison Ford.

The suspension of belief as you watch this movie takes you into Lively's troubled world that reality tends to bring on the message of the real world, but the message of the desire for immortality causes and reality is bravely explained. Lively gives a remarkably touching performance, and there is humor added in the scenes with a delightful Burstyn where the young woman still continues to act like a mother to her daughter, play by Burstyn when she was 80. Slow moving at times, it takes much concentration to put all of the pieces of this complicated puzzle together. It is not for the non-romantic or the severely cynical, and an abundance of similarly themed films might make this a "pass" for others. Still, it is often touching and profound, and somewhere, you may find a serious moral to bring on a conclusion to.

Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) was born in 1908 San Francisco. Her engineer husband dies in an accident building the Golden Gate Bridge. One snowy night, she crashes her car into a cold river. A lightning strike brings her back to life and stops her aging process. Her daughter Flemming starts aging past her and people starts questioning. The FBI takes her into custody but she escapes. She starts living a nomadic life taking on new identities. In the present day, her daughter Flemming (Ellen Burstyn) is moving away to Arizona. Lovelorn Ellis Jones is relentless in his pursuit of her. Ellis' father William (Harrison Ford) recognizes her as Adaline but she explains that Adaline is her mother.

Ellis isn't my kind of romantic lead. He's a bit too stalkery for me although I get his appeal. The spiritual leading man in this movie is actually Harrison Ford. He is way more charismatic than Michiel Huisman. Blake Lively is perfect to be put on a pedestal. She fits this role very well. I love that she has acquired so much knowledge. The best scenes come from Ellen Burstyn with Blake. Ellen has to play the daughter. It is such a refreshing relationship. Their simple scene of eating lunch is more electric than most of the movie. I don't completely buy the romance but I am interested in Adaline.