Director: George Nolfi
Writers: George Nolfi, Philip K. Dick (author)
Starring: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt
Release Date: March 4, 2011
Length: 1 hour 46 minutes
The beautiful Matt Damon and Emily Blunt star in the action-romance, The Adjustment Bureau. Written and directed by George Nolfi, the film tries to make the audience question the overdone question, “Do we decide our destinies or is there a greater fate?”. David Norris (Matt Damon) just lost his political run for Senator of New York when he accidentally meets the gorgeous and intriguing Elise in the men’s bathroom of a hotel. The two spontaneously kiss and part ways for David to make his losing speech. David and Elise non-intentionally meet again on a bus days later where he receives her phone number. When David arrives at work that day, he is abruptly chased and taken under control by a mysterious group of men wearing trench coats and 1950s fedoras. They tell him that they control everything that happens in the world and he is not allowed to see Elise again or he will dangerously alter his and her “plan”. Despite this knowledge, David stubbornly continues his relationship with Elise as he is desperately in love with her, risking her and his lives in the process. Loosely based off the short novel “Adjustment Team” by Phillip K. Dick, George Nolfi certainly created a film with an interesting premise but as far as plot development goes, ended it at that. This mysterious group of men never really explain who they are, how they do what they do, and how they’ve come to be. As these laughable vague figures are what the main characters of the film are supposed to be afraid of, the film itself loses all its intensity and credibility. Although George Nolfi creates an interesting love story, it’s pretty clear that he has no experience making an action film. Each action sequence was long, drawn out, repetitive and most of all unexcting. When David is trying to get away from this team, he literally runs down four flights of stairs, runs through eight different rooms and dodges one of the them five times all in one action scene. It’s also puzzling how the controllers of the world take this long to seize a normal human being. The only interesting thing about this movie is the natural chemistry between the actors Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, having nothing to do with the terrible writing of their characters because it makes no sense that Damon would risk his and her life after only meeting her twice. Blunt’s character is also written pretty poorly and sexist as most romantic female characters are in these action thrillers. Toward the end, Elise constantly just agrees to trust David even though she has no idea what’s going on even after being warned they might die. The only way you can enjoy this film is embracing the unintentional joke that it really is. Otherwise, everyone can go without seeing The Adjustment Bureau.
Writers: George Nolfi, Philip K. Dick (author)
Starring: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt
Release Date: March 4, 2011
Length: 1 hour 46 minutes
The beautiful Matt Damon and Emily Blunt star in the action-romance, The Adjustment Bureau. Written and directed by George Nolfi, the film tries to make the audience question the overdone question, “Do we decide our destinies or is there a greater fate?”. David Norris (Matt Damon) just lost his political run for Senator of New York when he accidentally meets the gorgeous and intriguing Elise in the men’s bathroom of a hotel. The two spontaneously kiss and part ways for David to make his losing speech. David and Elise non-intentionally meet again on a bus days later where he receives her phone number. When David arrives at work that day, he is abruptly chased and taken under control by a mysterious group of men wearing trench coats and 1950s fedoras. They tell him that they control everything that happens in the world and he is not allowed to see Elise again or he will dangerously alter his and her “plan”. Despite this knowledge, David stubbornly continues his relationship with Elise as he is desperately in love with her, risking her and his lives in the process. Loosely based off the short novel “Adjustment Team” by Phillip K. Dick, George Nolfi certainly created a film with an interesting premise but as far as plot development goes, ended it at that. This mysterious group of men never really explain who they are, how they do what they do, and how they’ve come to be. As these laughable vague figures are what the main characters of the film are supposed to be afraid of, the film itself loses all its intensity and credibility. Although George Nolfi creates an interesting love story, it’s pretty clear that he has no experience making an action film. Each action sequence was long, drawn out, repetitive and most of all unexcting. When David is trying to get away from this team, he literally runs down four flights of stairs, runs through eight different rooms and dodges one of the them five times all in one action scene. It’s also puzzling how the controllers of the world take this long to seize a normal human being. The only interesting thing about this movie is the natural chemistry between the actors Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, having nothing to do with the terrible writing of their characters because it makes no sense that Damon would risk his and her life after only meeting her twice. Blunt’s character is also written pretty poorly and sexist as most romantic female characters are in these action thrillers. Toward the end, Elise constantly just agrees to trust David even though she has no idea what’s going on even after being warned they might die. The only way you can enjoy this film is embracing the unintentional joke that it really is. Otherwise, everyone can go without seeing The Adjustment Bureau.
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