What overrides so-so reviews, an unexciting trailer and gaping plot holes?
Chemistry. Matt Damon and Emily Blunt have it. They meet in the men’s bathroom and bam! We want them to end up together so we’re prepared to overlook the silliness and logical inconsistencies of The Adjustment Bureau, writer-director George Nolfi’s adaptation of a short story by Philip K. Dick.
The Adjustment Bureau is not the science-fiction thriller its unattractive promos promise, but a love story propelled by the ultimate romantic situation: Fate Is Against Us! (Ipinagkait ng tadhana ang ating pag-ibig! O hindi!)
Fate in the form of men with hats who ensure that The Plan for mankind is carried out. Because every time the human race is allowed to exercise free will it screws up. Since people too inept to make our own decisions, these are left to bureaucrats like Anthony Mackie, John Slattery and Terence Stamp—their main qualification as far as we can tell is that they look good in fedoras. (We speak for many when we say: John Slattery, feel free to interfere with my fate.)
Good to see Matt Damon interacting with a woman onscreen again; lately he’s been alone or with a bunch of guys. (I think his last onscreen romance was with Franka Potente—and you know what happens in the sequel.) And we’ve been fans of Emily Blunt since The Devil Wears Prada so we approve of this silly movie.
As film adaptations of the work of Philip K. Dick go, Blade Runner being the highest-rated and Total Recall the worst, The Adjustment Bureau falls between Paycheck and A Scanner Darkly.
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March 9th, 2011 at 00:25
we watched this movie last week and it was okay, but the most exciting part was when we saw a boom mike at the top of the screen. kaloka.
March 9th, 2011 at 04:59
A companion film for the … Almighty films.
We can now confirm that “The Chairman” demiurge is Morgan Freeman and he really did took a vacation during the Dark Ages.
March 9th, 2011 at 18:10
i watched this movie last sunday. after watching this, i’ve got the strange urge to read the Philip K. Dick short story.