"The Adam Project" follows Ryan Reynolds' Adam Reed on a journey back in time.
He reconnects with his younger self and his late father, which gives him a chance to both
save the future and confront his own difficult family life.
One part of Adam's life that he has to reconcile with the reality of his past is one that he
already fully knows: As a child, he wasn't very kind to his mother after his father died.
"You have her to take care of you.
She has no one, you understand?
Do you understand?
She wakes up every morning with a broken heart and a closet full of his clothes and gets
nothing from you but a fistfull of crap.
And not even, like, ten seconds of genuine empathy."
"I'm you, you know."
"Tell me about it.
You know, thirty years… you still get sick to your stomach every time you remember how
you treated her now."
Beneath all the white-knuckle action and comedic moments, "The Adam Project" is a deeply heartfelt
journey into family, loss, and the hope for a brighter future.
Grab your tissues as we dive into the Ryan Reynolds scene in "The Adam Project" that
will make you want to hug your mom.
Second chances are rare, so when Adam runs
into his mother at a local bar and gets to hear how much of an impact his childhood actions
had on her, he doesn't let the opportunity go to waste.
Even though he can't exactly tell her that he's Adam from the future, he makes sure his
few words have an impact.
The scene starts as his mother, Ellie, opens up to the bartender about what she's going
through with Adam.
Though older Adam remains silent, the excruciation on his face as he listens is perfectly clear.
So when his mother begins to blame herself for how Adam is acting, he finally decides
to say something that's been on the tip of his tongue for years.
"I wish I knew what I was doing wrong."
"You're not doing anything wrong."
"But I'll tell you something.
Boys always come back for their mommas."
"That's nice.
It sounds like you're speaking from experience."
"I am."
"You have a good mom."
"I do.
I have the best mom."
Every word and every expression in this scene
is bursting with sincerity, layered with a palpable sense that Adam has so much more
that he wants to say to his mom — that he wants nothing more than to wrap her in a hug
right then and there.
But since he's essentially a stranger at a bar here, he makes an unstated, emotional
plea to at least make sure young Adam gets the chance to understand his mother's love.
"Aren't you grieving too?"
"Yeah, I am.
Of course I am."
"So tell him.
You should tell him."
"I don't think he needs it."
"You think you're being strong for him, and the problem with acting like you have it all
together is he believes it.
Maybe he needs to know that you don't.
It's okay if you don't."
Once Ellie notices that Adam is wearing a jacket that's remarkably similar to her late
husband's — because it is — Adam knows he has to end the reunion.
However, he can't resist the urge to drive his message home one last time.
"He doesn't hate you.
He loves you.
More than he knows."
This is just one of the moments in "The Adam Project" that will hit you right in the feels.
But considering how devastatingly beautiful this reunion between Adam and his mom is,
nobody could blame you for wanting to run and give your mom a big hug as soon as possible.
"Give mom a hug for me.
Would you do that?
And not one of your lame-ass side hugs, either.
I'm talking the break-her-rib kind of hug, yeah?"
"Yeah."
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