There's nothing as good as Back to the Future, but I think Levy finds the heart to this picture. It really works.

There are far worse ways to spend 106 minutes of your life, but The Adam Project seems likely to fade from the memories of Netflix viewers relatively quickly -- meaning it's pretty in line with most of the Netflix original films that have come before it.

Possibilities for The Adam Project loomed far larger than what’s on screen. And what’s on screen is never a credit to the sci-fi genre.

Time travel is both high-stakes boy’s adventure and forgive-your-father therapy, according to the cheerfully banal sci-fi excursion The Adam Project.