The Adjustment Bureau

2011

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 67% · 258 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 67% · 100K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 280798 280.8K

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Plot summary

A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman he's ever loved.

Director

George Nolfi Photo
George Nolfi

Top cast

Matt Damon Photo
Matt Damon as David Norris
Emily Blunt Photo
Emily Blunt as Elise Sellas
Pedro Pascal Photo
Pedro Pascal as Maitre D' Paul De Santo
Kieran Campion Photo
Kieran Campion as Donaldson's Aide
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649.22 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 38
1.95 GB
1920*1040
English 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 45 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by HotToastyRag 7 / 10

What an interesting thriller

There's no reason why The Adjustment Bureau isn't included in the top "fate flicks", like Inception, Interstellar, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Unbreakable, and Minority Report. It's really good! I went with my family to the theaters to see it when it was released, and we were all on the edge of our seats. Except my mom, who was jealously eyeing Emily Blunt because she knew my dad had a crush on her.Basically, if you like the Bourne Identity movies, you'll love this one. Matt Damon stars in another thriller about fate and total strangers knowing more about his life than he does, but I liked this better than the more famous trilogy. I'm not the biggest Damon fan, but I was so engrossed in George Nolfi's screenplay, the lead actor could have been played by anyone and I would have liked it. He starts the movie as a senatorial candidate, but a chance encounter with a beautiful interpretive dancer (Emily Blunt) rocks his world. He sees her again and they start dating, and pretty soon they fall in love. But one night, he gets kidnapped and taken to a mysterious warehouse by the "bad guys".Are they really the bad guys, though? They're the titular bureau, led by Terence Stamp, in charge of making sure everyone stays on his or her path. When people deviate from their predestined path, they "adjust" things so life goes back on track. Depending on your point of view, Damon is the pot-stirring villain and Stamp is the hero who sees the bigger picture - which is why this movie is so enjoyable. You can root for anyone you want to, and it can spark any number of conversations afterwards with your friends. You'll also see lots of familiar faces, like John Slattery, Michael Kelly, Jennifer Ehle, and Anthony Mackie, as well as New Yorkers giving cameos, like Jon Stewart, James Carville, Chuck Scarborough, Michael Bloomberg, Terry McAullife, Jesse Jackson, and Madeleine Albright. Check it out!
Reviewed by timmyhollywood 7 / 10

How falling in love ruins your partner's dreams

I'm just going to come right out and say it: for a movie star, Matt Damon has made a lot of crap. The Adjustment Bureau isn't the worst of his career, but it's not great either.I didn't read the original short story from Philip K Dick, but from writer-director George Nolfi, The Adjustment Bureau is a parable about how we basically kill each others' dreams when we fall in love and settle down.If Damon's character David Norris falls in love with Blunt's Elise, he'll never become president and she'll never make a world-class dancer. I suppose there are other ways you can interpret this dilemma, but the idea that its a parable for what we sacrifice when potential love and romance inevitably becomes banal in its quotidian reality, to me, is the most interesting thing about the film.It could also be said (and, in fact, one of the angelic characters says it) that by being with the one you love, your ambitions dry up. Why aspire to greatness when you have the woman or man of your dreams?Other heady concepts appear in the film, but they're ultimately undeveloped. Characters run roughshod over the age-old debate of free will versus determinism. And the idea that there's a "substrate" universe the angelic G-men can access through certain doors while wearing fedora hats... well, it's cute more than anything.Can we talk about Emily Blunt for a minute? Man she is just a stone cold fox in this movie. The first scene between her and David in the bathroom, and he's just stunned by her appeal, and her genial nature and wit -- and the fact that she seems into him -- that's the best part of the movie. And one of the most believable, given how flabbergasted he seems that this gorgeous woman, approachable and bright and sincere and funny, could seem to be attracted to him, a kind of pug-nosed frat dude in a suit.And then they kiss, and it feels believable even though it's sudden -- after all, she was just at a wedding and probably had a few drinks.After that it's all hijinks and plot holes, but not so terrible you want to stop watching. Oh, last thing -- the politics. What innocent times back in 2011, huh? Imagine the vitriol today about a movie that has a celestial "bureau" pulling the strings to get a senator into the oval office. I mean, my God. While the film doesn't outright call him a Democrat, there's some stuff about solar panels, and his favorite color is blue... wink wink, he's a New York Democrat, a working class kid from Brooklyn.Anyway, a good way to spend a couple of hours if you've got nothing else going. See you down the road.
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