The Adjustment Bureau

On Thursday night (well I guess Friday morning) I attended the midnight showing of The Adjustment Bureau. It was playing in two theaters and though I only went into one of the two, I predict that there were not a lot of viewers in the other theater. My uncle and I got a private showing (a.k.a. no one else was there…). So you can only imagine what I was thinking before the movie even started. Was the movie going to suck? Why wasn't anyone else there? But anyways let's just get to the movie…
Matt Damon is an amazing actor. When portraying David Norris, a potential senator, he exceeds expectations with flying colors. For the ladies, he is constantly wearing the color blue whether it’s a shirt or a tie. His eyes are gleaming the entire movie and it's amazing! This movie has a fascinating concept. It asks the question, what if everything is controlled by a hire power? What if every spill, lost item, or coincidental moment is in fact necessary for us to stay on our destined paths? The members of the Adjustment Bureau are following David Norris, controlling his every move so that he can get elected to represent New York as their senator. When he meets Elise, he goes off plan and chaos erupts at the bureau. He is never to see her again and if he does his dreams of becoming a political leader are ruined. A member of the Adjustment Bureau falls asleep while watching Norris. He is supposed to make him spill his coffee no later than 7:05 so that he missed the morning bus that Elise happens to be on. When Norris doesn't spill his coffee and gets on the bus, he realizes that he is meant to be with Elise and decides that he will do whatever it takes to be with her. As they part she gives him her phone number and he is to call her whenever he wants to be with her. This is the first time he meets the members of the bureau face to face. They tell him that he can not see her ever again and they take her phone number. For three years he lost contact with Elise but he never stopped thinking about her. Everything was according to plan, she was to marry her fiancé and David was supposed to continue his life as a politician. Until one day when chance brings David and Elise back together. David knows that they will not be able to stay together once the bureau finds out that they reunited. But they become closer and begin speaking again. The movie continues on and David and Elise split again when he watches her dance. She is a ballerina who is destined to be one of the greatest dancers of her time. He knows that if they stay together, she will lose her chances to become the professional dancer of the century. Elise is to get married but Norris appears at the wedding and tells her about the bureau. They decide to run from their destiny and he formulates a plan to escape from the bureau. In the end they are that their separation was a test. They both risked everything for each other and because of that they are permitted to stay together. The movies plot was scattered at parts and everyone knows that when a movie feels a lot longer then it is it normally isn't good. This movie had a great concept and really kept you thinking but it was not the best movie I have seen. I would rate it about a B.

Movie Information:
Opened: March4, 2011
Rated: PG-13
Runtime: 1 hour and 39 minutes
Cast: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, Shohreh Aghdashloo, John Slattery, Michael Kelly, Terence Stamp
Director: George Nolfi
Genre: Romantic Fantasy, Science Fiction, Psychological Sci-Fi
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