Her having lunch with her elderly daughter was sad
This is why immortality would hurt, watching people become elderly before your very eyes.
shareDid you feel the mother and daughter relationship was well portrayed? This is where the story fails, for my liking. There is very little tenderness between them so I didn't feel sad during that lunch scene. Adeline is always so detached, and while that is a requirement to protect herself in many situations, time with your child should be one place where you can show a little warmth. She never once convinced me that she cared about anyone but herself.
shareI thought it was lacking, too. Like they hardly see each other. Surely they've moved enough that they could seem grandmother and granddaughter and have a relationship known by others that way. If Adaline moves every few years then why wouldn't they just do that? Did her daughter never get married or anything? It wasn't how I would play it.
sharePut yourself in her daughter's shoes. Just because her mother has this incredibly dramatic life, doesn't mean she wants to be always involved in that. She, like other kids, wants to grow up and be an adult and have her own life. Plenty of mothers and daughters don't live in the same city. The scene where Flemming discusses moving to Arizona is meant to illustrate that she is a grown woman, has her own issues in aging (of which Adaline knows nothing), and has her own life.
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