Directed by:
George NolfiScreenplay:
George NolfiCinematography:
John TollComposer:
Thomas NewmanCast:
Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, Michael Kelly, John Slattery, Lauren Hodges, Terence Stamp, Dan Marshall, Jon Stewart, James Carville (more)VOD (1)
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Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? Matt Damon stars in the thriller The Adjustment Bureau as a man who glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue the only woman he’s ever loved across, under and through the streets of modern-day New York. On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris (Damon) meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt) - a woman like none he’s ever known. But just as he realizes he’s falling for her, mysterious men conspire to keep the two apart. David learns he is up against the agents of Fate itself - the men of The Adjustment Bureau - who will do everything in their considerable power to prevent David and Elise from being together. In the face of overwhelming odds, he must either let her go and accept a predetermined path… or risk everything to defy Fate and be with her. (official distributor synopsis)
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A story from life. Except for the fact that my "angels" don't wear stylish hats. Plus there’s the excellent Damon, the great Blunt, a good soundtrack, and on top of that the visual fetish of Manhattan. Maybe in time, it will fade, but now it hit harder than anything else in the last year or so. [Spoiler possibility: I'll have to read Dick’s book, if only for the fact that I’m interested to see if the same wave of positive feelings spills over at the end as with the movie. :)]
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I say it all the time: Do you want an original sci-fi idea? Close your eyes, stick your hand in the pile of Phillip K Dick's unfilmed thoughts, don't mess it up and success is guaranteed. Like, for example, The Adjustment Bureau. The short and unremarkable short story “Adjustment Team" (which begins with a dialogue between two clerks, one of whom is a man and the other a dog, the dog being big and black, and I'll bet that in the film adaptation he became the black janitor, because they both make practically the same mistake - they fall asleep) has become an original sci-fi "angel-god" fairy tale without unnecessary action scenes, without violence and without expensive special effects, which is very pleasant to watch. The debuting director handled it well, The Adjustment Bureau is pleasantly magical from start to finish, the actors also played their part... Yes, I am satisfied.__P.S. Anyone who wants to read the story will find it in the second volume of the collection “Second Variety".__P.P.S. Now, Hollywood, please make me a movie of that blackly humorous book “Counter-Clock World". Thank you.
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I’m sorry, but if someone is predestined for something big, they shouldn’t waste their time with love, which is nothing but a solace for blundering mortals! :-) Anyway, The Adjustment Bureau is a nice genre crossover flick that places a hackneyed romance plot in an original setting and enriches it with interesting musings about destiny. A week after watching it, I’m increasing my rating to four stars thanks to the film’s originality. If it had a different, sadder ending, I wouldn’t have hesitated.
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On top of a clichéd romantic subplot, complete with a final dash to rescue love, there’s a lightly exaggerated sci-fi element meant to explore themes like determinism and free will. Meanwhile, the guys in hats are just a cheap bunch of cockblockers that the office director might as well have put to polishing the handles of portal doors. Maybe what was missing at the end was a little touch, like Coldplay in Wicker Park, to give it a similar impact. Instead, I endured an unconvincing whiner who hops around like a lovesick bunny after Emily Blunt (which is understandable) and the hopes I placed in Terry Stamp's post-coitum pill also went unfulfilled. Ultimately, New York itself and Anthony Mackie, who becomes another Bagger Vance for Damon, are the most effective elements.
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I will gladly appreciate any interesting and original Hollywood screenplay. The Adjustment Bureau has exactly this kind of unusual screenplay, which on one hand is full of clichés, but on the other hand also full of ideas that are nice to think about. Matt Damon and Emily Blunt performed their standard and they fit perfectly into the film. It is full of great ideas and open thoughts, which will always remain just thoughts. But they are thoughts that are worth considering.
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