The Shallows (2016)

  

A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills.

OK thriller makes the best of its simple premise and has some effective sequences; Blake Lively makes it all work with her appropriate performance. 

Blake Lively

Blake Lively

The Age of Adaline (2015)

 

A young woman, born at the turn of the 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After many solitary years, she meets a man who complicates the eternal life she has settled into. 

Tastefully made fantasy romance drama with good performances by Lively and Ford gives its unusual premise a convincing execution, but it's more tearjerker than a serious exploration of life and mortality. 

Blake Lively

Blake Lively

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Savages (2012)

Pot growers face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.

Basically a standard crime thriller with a highly contrived plot, but made with expertise and a capable cast; the double entendre ending is superfluous and disappointing.

Maltin**: "Stone encourages  his actors to go way over the top in this long, boring look at mostly scummy characters. Travolta comes off best as a corrupt DEA agent."