The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
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Critic Consensus: First-time writer/director George Nolfi struggles to maintain a consistent tone, but The Adjustment Bureau rises on the strong, believable chemistry of its stars.
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Cast
as David Norris
as Elise Sellas
as Harry Mitchell
as Richardson
as Charlie Traynor
as Thompson
as McCrady
as Suburban Mom
as Suburban Mom
as Suburban Neighbor
as Suburban Neighbor
as U.S. Coast Guard Officer
as Upstate Farmer
as Political Consultant
as Political Consultant
as Reporter
as Albert, Campaign Aide
as Robyn, Campaign Aide
as Senior Campaign Aide
as Norris Supporter
as Norris Supporter
as Christine, Charlie's Assistant
as Man in Madison Square Park
as Bus Driver
as Bus Passenger
as Bus Passenger
as Bus Passenger
as RSR Receptionist
as Miller
as Burdensky
as Junior Partner
as Junior Partner
as Brooklyn Ice House Bartender
as Johnny from Red Hook
as Maitre D' Paul De Santo
as New Leaf Waiter
as New Leaf Waitress
as Taxi Driver
as Police Officer Maes
as Police Sergeant
as Onieals Waitress
as Lauren, Elise's Best Friend
as Donaldson
as Donaldson's Aide
as Orthopedic Surgeon
as Adrian Troussand, Elise's Fiancé
as Cedar Lake REceptionist
as Court Registrar
as Thompson's Aide
as Thompson's Aide
as Thompson's Aide
as DMV Clerk
as Courthouse Security Officer
as New Yorker in Courthouse Lobby
as County Clerk
as Court Officer
as Bureau Headquarters Staff
as Bureau Headquarters Staff
as Bureau Headquarters Staff
as Bureau Headquarters Staff
as Bureau Headquarters Staff
as Bureau Headquarters Staff
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Critic Reviews for The Adjustment Bureau
All Critics (249) | Top Critics (48) | Fresh (178) | Rotten (71) | DVD (3)
Accomplished filmmaking that features two highly attractive, talented leads, a healthy dose of sentiment, an intelligent script, and which takes you away for two hours from the quotidian worries and banalities of your regular life.
Nolfi and his colleagues make especially good use of New York, filming everywhere from the Brooklyn waterfront to the lobby of the Museum of Modern Art. It's a fresh look at a familiar city. But Nolfi drops the ball in the home stretch, and that's...
This mind-meld of sci-fi thriller, morality play and passionate romance is worth seeing, mostly for the palpable chemistry between the lead actors.
Damon and Blunt give such terrific performances you might almost forgive the movie's dopey ending.
The on-screen pairing of Matt Damon and Emily Blunt is so winning that you may be willing to overlook the oddly modulating tone of the story that brings them together and then tries to keep them apart.
Fans looking for something a little different will find it here - as well as the first real romance of the year.
Audience Reviews for The Adjustment Bureau
A brilliant, thought-provoking blend of romantic thriller and science fiction developed from a simple but very well-conceived idea and with a couple of characters that are so easy to relate to. Even if only loosely based on his story, I guess Philip K. Dick would have been proud.
Super Reviewer
The Adjustment Bureau is an interesting love-drama that is powered by the chemistry of Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. The script is alternative and may not be fully comprehensive to most audiences. But the film is solid and interesting to see. 4.5/5
Super Reviewer
Star-crossed lovers are kept apart by an omniscient bureau because their perfect, fulfilling love will dampen all other desires, including their respective ambitions to attain professional success in politics and DANCE. I don't particularly buy that thesis, nor that the universe wouldn't have better things to do than keep Matt Damon and Emily Blunt apart, but the light chase movie is kinda fun, cutesy, and dangerous but not so dangerous that a happy ending isn't ensured.
Super Reviewer
The Adjustment Bureau Quotes
| David Norris: | What ever happened to free will? |
| Thompson: | We actually tried free will before. After taking you from hunting and gathering to the height of the Roman Empire, we stepped back to see how you'd do on your own. You gave us the Dark Ages for five centuries... until finally we decided we should come back in. The Chairman thought maybe we just needed to do a better job of teaching you how to ride a bike before taking the training wheels off again. So we gave you the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Scientific Revolution. For six hundred years we taught you to control your impulses with reason, then in 1910 we stepped back. Within fifty years, you'd brought us World War I, the Depression, Fascism, the Holocaust and capped it off by bringing the entire planet to the brink of destruction in the Cuban Missile Crisis. At that point a decision was taken to step back in again before you did something that even we couldn't fix. You don't have free will, David. You have the appearance of free will. |
| Harry Mitchell: | "Most people live life on the path we set for them. Too afraid to explore any other. But once in a while people like you come along and knock down all the obstacles we put in your way. People who realize free will is a gift, you'll never know how to use until you fight for it." |
| Harry Mitchell: | Most people live life on the path we set for them. Too afraid to explore any other. But once in a while people like you come along and knock down all the obstacles we put in your way. People who realize free will is a gift, you'll never know how to use until you fight for it. |
| David Norris: | Look, whatever happen, I wont let it come between us again |
| David Norris: | Look, whatever happens, I'm not gonna let anything come between us again. |
| Harry Mitchell: | Your world just turned upside down, and all u think about is a woman |
| Harry Mitchell: | You're entire world has turned upside down and you're thinkin' about a woman. |
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