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‘The Adam Project’ review: A time traveler’s 12-year-old self saves the world, with help from Ryan Reynolds

Walker Scobell, left, and Ryan Reynolds in " The Adam Project."

I like Ryan Reynolds. He’s fun. He has uniquely quick-witted comic timing, an extremely useful secret weapon for a movie star built for action heroism with a side order of wiseacre. Also, he can well up during sincere bull’s-eye moments in ways that rival anything in anime.

I wish I liked “The Adam Project” the same way I like Ryan Reynolds.

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