Review of The Adjustment Bureau (2011) by Tyler R — 24 May 2012

With the unique style of this movie, how do you not give it your undivided attention? Matt Damon plays senator David Norris and he finds this girl he really likes. Her name is Elise and she's played by Emily Blunt who is really hot.

Damon and Blunt hit it off and they have really good chemistry together. Everything about the relationship seemed really natural and you could tell they liked each other for being who they are and not because of looks or swag or something stupid like that.

The only problem with them being together is a team of top secret men who control peoples fates are trying to break them up. Matt Damon's plan for the men is to be President of the United States and Emily Blunt's plan is to be an awesome dance choreographer, but if they get together, it all goes down the drain.

The movie actually does have a lot of interesting things to think about. For one, it actually does kinda make you think about whether all the little things happen for a reason or if it's just chance.

Another thing is the idea of free will. One of the men in the movie has a monologue about humanity not having free will, but simply the appearance of free will. I liked that part and I think it was really well thought out.

The movie also is a very, very subtle action flick. There are chase scenes but they don't have a lot of violence. I liked how they weren't over the top. One scene I had a problem with though is in the middle of the movie.

Damon and Blunt are in her apartment and they just finished "getting to know each other" and after that they start to talk about Blunt's ex boyfriend. I don't exactly hate the scene, I just think it's the least interesting part of the movie.

Apart from that scene, the movie ended up being really good. I liked the idea, the acting was great, the dialogue was very engaging and I especially liked seeing Damon adapt to the whole situation of being controlled by these men and eventually outsmarting them in a few scenes.

But if you're expecting a bunch of action with CGI overload and explosions all over the place, don't bother.