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Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? Matt Damon stars in the thriller The Adjustment Bureau as a man who glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue the only woman he's ever loved across, under and through the streets of modern-day New York. On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris (Damon) meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt)-a woman like none he's ever known. But just as he realizes he's falling for her, mysterious men conspire to keep the two apart. David learns he is up against the agents of Fate itself-the men of The Adjustment Bureau-who will do everything in their considerable power to prevent David and Elise from being together. In the face of overwhelming odds, he must either let her go and accept a predetermined path...or risk everything to defy Fate and be with her. The Adjustment Bureau is written for the screen and directed by George Nolfi (writer of Ocean's Twelve, co-writer of The Bourne Ultimatum). It is based on a short story by Philip K. Dick (Total Recall, Minority Report and Blade Runner). Special Features: The Labyrinth of Doors: Interactive map of New York Leaping Through New York Becoming Elise Destined To Be Deleted and Extended Scenes Feature Commentary

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Karen

Good movie on life choices

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2023

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I liked this movie was before when it was shown in theaters, a long time ago. Nice little movie. Hard to explain without making it seem like you have no control over the choices made in life. Guy meets "the one" on a short bus ride. Loses her number. What happens next is something to think about.

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august c.

Can't you just hear Bryan Adams, Sting, and Rod Stewart Clapping loudly for this flick?

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2023

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But he never told her what she was risking.

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Posty

Story of my life…

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2023

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Sometimes you just gotta let her go and become the president.

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Mar

Wonderful story

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2023

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Great watch! Acting, story, twists, all comes together.

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Louisiana

Unique

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2023

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I liked this one. It’s different in a great way, and it captures the attention for the entire movie!

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Booda

Enjoyed

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2022

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Once I found out how I accidentally triggered a narration explaining every action taken, such as, she washes her hands, a phone rings, he answers it, etc., thanks to an Amazon chat, I turned it off & watched the movie. I liked it. Not for everyone but what movie is? I like Matt Damon & Emily Blunt, so cool for them to be in a syfy kinda love story. Well done! But, I'm still miffed I turned that narration thing on accidentally when I was trying to ensure closed captions were on. I like closed captions because I'm an old goat with some hearing loss & also because some shows have voices too loud, others have action too loud, most have volume that goes up & down between conversations & action stuff like car chases or the music crescendos or what have you, and I miss some of the convo. I can't deal with constantly holding the remote in order to adjust the volume as quickly as possible ore rewind a bit to hear it again..2 or 3 times & I STILL can't catch it....so it would be nice if closed captions stayed on for every movie or show I watch (I'm talking to YOU, Reviews Reviewer of Amazon...pass it on!!), & still be on even if I log out & back in the next day. It should be an option for my account, not per video. It's a pain in the arse to have to turn it on for each new movie/program I watch. I even tried some other video to see if it had narration & it did, but it was a man's voice narration every step so that made me think it was Amazon'a player, not me...and look what happened, too...I mis-clicked & had no idea I mis-clicked & was speaking rather profanely about Amazon's movie player as I opened a chat with Amit who explained that narration WAS on, and I was lke, yeahhh, that's why I chatted you up, ohhhh, waaait....you mean I turned it on?....heheh....oops...TY again, Amit. I know I was the source of some eye rolling later as you told others, guys, guess what I just got from a customer...lol....I would do it, too, so no worries here about it. I didn't even know such a thing existed, but I will probably need it one day, so cool. But...I will probably forget it by the time I need it. Hey, wotcanisay? Oh, wait..BABY BOOMER!....there, said it for ya's. It's just another way of saying, OLD FART! Your Gen's moniker will take our place when you age out, too, numb brains. =oD

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(💡) More Here Than Just A FILM (💡)

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2022

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This film is okay. It's just a movie - *But if you are reading this *PLEASE know that *what happens in this film can happen in real life. Today is Tuesday October 11th 2022 -- I have never seen this film before today * (I never saw this this film when it came out.) And I swear what happens to the people in this film has been happening in my life for the past 3 years.

--------Spoiler Alert-------

At the end of this film the people in the movie get to be together. They get to keep their youth, -- BUT in real life, by the time your fight for everything you care about, should you win, (if you win,) you WILL not necessarily get to keep your youth like actors in a film!
So far, it seems like you could fight your whole life -- loose everything you care about, including your health -- and no matter how hard you pray to "the Chairman"/God ... you can still end up left with nothing (and so much older than when you started).

There are no men with hats to beseech! (I wish there were.) There is no one to reason with. *And, Even WORSE: *NO* ONE WILL BELIEVE YOU.

By the time this film ended -- I was crying my eyes out. (I don't know if this is happening to other people) -- But, it IS happening to me. AND the real life version of this is a NIGHTMARE(!) Pray that it does not happen to you. (and please pray for me.)

TO whomever may read this, I hope it does not happen to you. The reality will break heart, and RIP your spirit apart.

And from what I've noticed as well 'the Universe' will do everything possible TO SHUT YOU UP.
[You're allowed to suffer in silence for years, but from everything I've learned so far everything possible will be done to keep you from explaining it to anyone. No one will believe you].

The [film’s] question of “whether we have free will?” and/or “how much?” — is *VALID and worth asking.

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Dannan Tavona

Surprisingly Good

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2023

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This 2011 SF-fantasy film stars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. It's based on a 1954 sjprt story by Philip K. Dick, who also wrote the story that became "Blade Runner."

This is both an action-suspense and a romantic underdog-couple film.

This focuses on David Norris (Matt Damon) who is a Congressman running for the Senate, when he meets a charming young lady, Elise (Emily Blunt). A young black man is assigned the dubious task of spilling coffee on Norris, but he oversleeps on the bus and misses his stop, and everything seems to go sideways.

The film hooks you and pulls you along the whole time, not revealing how things will end as the tension builds and builds. I won't say anymore but that it's a great movie, and grab a family member or a friend and watch it together. This last copy I bought for a good friend. Enjoy!

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Branko Zeljeznak

Klassiker, kaufen und geniessen.

Reviewed in Germany on September 8, 2023

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Sollte jeder kennen.

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Mr. Laurence Williams

An Accomplished, Philip K. Dick-Sourced, Sci-Fi Romantic Thriller with Excellent Performances - Great on Blu-ray

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2017

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Any film based on the work of master sc-fi author Philip K. Dick (the inspiration for 'Blade Runner', 'Total Recall', Minority Report', 'Paycheck' etc and more to come !!!) is likely to get my attention, so getting the 2011 'The Adjustment Bureau' was always going to happen.

Using the basis of the short story 'Adjustment Team', first-time director George Nolfi also wrote the screenplay (after earlier writing contributions for films like 'Ocean's Twelve' and 'The Bourne Ultimatum') and was a producer for this sci-fi romantic thriller.

I enjoyed this film, which features a notable cast, a lot and it is presented very well on Blu-ray; the baffling things is that whilst it made a healthy box-office profit and got decent critical appraisal, it has a relatively low review-count on Amazon....

Unless you like to know beforehand a lot of the intricacies of a film plot, then the Amazon synopsis is best avoided - instead, here's just the (much less revealing) 2nd paragraph of it :

'On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris (Matt Damon) meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt)—a woman like none he’s ever known. But just as he realizes he’s falling for her, mysterious men conspire to keep the two apart. '

The plot is of the slow-reveal type, hence my recommendation to avoid the full Amazon synopsis, and after an appreciable amount time you will probably still only have an initial idea of what is going on; in the meantime, a lot of events occur which serve to either support or confuse the understanding.

However, the major matter which drives the story along is the personalities of the 2 lead characters and, especially, their blossoming relationship/how they interact; I suppose a theme summarisation might be something like 'Love, in the face of adversity' ! With the Philip K. Dick influence, who's work is often on the 'dark' side, quite how sinister outside influences are takes quite a time to be clear.....

The dominance of the 2 lead characters demands good performers, and here we get them with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt really showing the best of their acting (and running about !) capabilities - especially as the love 'theme' is mixed with quite a lot of dynamic action but, above all, a stack load of plot 'theory' argument/discussion/analysis and the like, which is especially in the remit of the notable supporting cast.

The production-values of the film are good but, despite the sci-fi theme, don't expect a wealth special effects - indeed don't expect any at all might be more accurate, save for some complicated graphics displayed on tablet screens ! The lead characters, story-telling, plot revelations and general dialogue are the main effects here - with massive support from a LOT of external settings in New York.

I found the screenplay and story structure particularly accomplished and entirely in keeping with the aim of plot themes and the way things are revealed in stages.

Whilst quite a lot of the action does occur in those outside settings, this film is actually quite dark in general appearance with a subdued colour palette and even more subdued musical soundtrack. Everything is there, it's just not as bright, with the presentational details set at, say, a hypothetical position '7' whereas a lot of sci-fi thrillers have it at '9' or the maximum of '10'.

This also explains why the presentation on Blu-ray might come across as underwhelming, when in fact it is sharp/flawless as one should expect of a modern release but also completely faithful to reality and as good as can be, it's just a tad 'lifeless' in terms of vibrancy as so much is subdued....

I picked this up used in it's 'Triple Play' format for a very good price, now it can be grabbed for an absolute pittance - which makes a nonsense of buying either the solo DVD or Blu-ray.

I've attached a photo of the case back with all the disc info as Amazon omits it.

The disc extras are very decent, with a commentary and extras with a running-time approaching 1hr. I've only perused the commentary, which was OK - but is a little too full of compliments to production members and I was initially confused as George Nolfi is the only contributor, but only presents himself as the writer - omitting to mention that he also directed the film !!!

So, this film is really an accomplished sci-fi romance, with thriller and dramatic elements intermingled which means that, along with the subdued presentation/musical soundtrack and often dark surroundings, the overall impression can lead towards the underwhelming end of the spectrum - but that is, with hindsight a rash impression to form and very unfair. Similarly subdued aspects for the Blu-ray presentation are also possible, but again after things progress it should be realised that everything is as good as it should be.

However, it is the excellent lead performances that make this film so successful; this is, after all, a love story about these 2 people so if those characters aren't played to their fullest, to reflect the significant themes of the plot, then all would be lost - but Matt Damon and Emily Blunt ensure everything is entirely effective and, ultimately, thoroughly believable.

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HerrBeutel

Im Grunde eine simple Romanze - aber eine, die Spaß macht!

Reviewed in Germany on March 15, 2011

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Vorsicht - auch wenn der Trailer etwas anderes suggeriert - das "Adjustment Bureau" ist kein reiner Mystery-Thriller. Im Herzen ist der Film plump gesagt eine "Schnulze", kombiniert mit Thriller-Elementen, einigen interessanten und philosophischen Ansätzen über Selbstbestimmung und Schicksal, sowie einem guten Schuss Humor. Eine komische Mischung? Nun, "Romantischer Mysterythriller" klingt nicht unbedingt nach dem, was sonst so mit Matt Damon läuft, aber - es funktioniert!

Nicht nur, dass Damon und Blunt das wohl süßeste Leinwandpärchen der letzten Monate sind (und Blunt nebenbei eine wahre Augenweide ist), auch der Rest vom Film funktioniert tadellos. Die Idee, dass eine höhere Macht unser Leben nach einem Plan lenkt, ist nicht unbedingt neu - aber who cares? So lange es spannend und unterhaltsam umgesetzt ist, soll mir das recht sein. Die Figuren werden recht zügig eingeführt, allen voran Matt Damon als David Norris, ein aufstrebender Senatskandidat, der kurz vor einer Rede die quirlige Elise (aka Emily Blunt) trifft. Gut, Liebe auf den ersten Blick ist kitschig, aber ist hier der Hauptimpuls des Films, der Damon vorantreibt, seinen Weg zu gehen. Wenn es denn wirklich sein Weg wäre; denn kurz darauf tauchen einige Männer mit schickem Anzug und Hüten auf, die etwas dagegen haben, dass sich Damon und Blunt Jahre einige Monate später abermals über den Weg laufen. Allen voran ein gewisser Richardson (toll: John Slattery!) setzt alles daran, Damons neuen Weg aufzuhalten.

Nachdem eine dieser Präventivmaßnahmen in die Hose geht, überrascht Damon die werten Herren bei ihrer Arbeit und bringt alles aus dem Konzept. Es bleibt keine Wahl - Damon erfährt die Wahrheit über die Männer und ihren "Vorsitzenden", der den Plan schreibt. Der Plan, der das Leben eines jeden Einzelnen bestimmt. Freier Wille? Fehlanzeige. Das Leben jedes Menschen ist genauestens durchdacht und diese Männer sorgen dafür, dass der Plan eingehalten wird. Doch kann Liebe verhindert werden? Wann ist ein Mann frei in seinem Willen und kann er sich, wenn er seinen Lebensweg kennt, immernoch an exakt diesen Weg halten, wenn er dafür die Liebe seines Lebens verliert? Mit diesen Fragen im Kopf jagt Regisseur Georg Nolfi fortan Damon durch New York, immer auf der Flucht vor dem Plan, den andere für ihn vorgesehen haben. In den ruhigeren Momenten nimmt sich der Film Zeit für sein Pärchen, vertieft die Beziehung und vor allem die Charaktere, bindet den Zuschauer an sie und verleiht ihnen eine immense Tiefe. Immer wieder muss Damon Entscheidungen treffen, die seiner Liebsten nicht passen - oder andere fällen diese Entscheidungen. Dabei ist der Film nie großartig überraschend und natürlich weiß man schon, wie "Der Plan" endet, aber das tut dem Sehspaß nie einen Abbruch. Die komplette Laufzeit hindurch wechseln sich spannende Verfolgungsjagden, interessante Denkanstöße über essenzielle Schicksals- und Zufallsfragen ab. Dabei gibt es im Film nie großartige Wendungen und die Message, dass jeder seines Glückes Schmied ist, ist viel zu sehr aufgeblasen - trotzdem macht es Spaß. Spaß, den Denkanstößen zu folgen; Spaß, Damon und Blunt bei ihrer gegenseitigen Findung zuzuschauen; Spaß, John Slattery und Terence Stamp als anzugtragende, schlecht gelaunte Männer zu sehen, die versuchen, den "Plan" durchzusetzen; Spaß, die gut gestreuten Pointen und Scherze zu genießen.

Natürlich ist der Film in seinen einzelnen Sequenzen nie groß über der durchschnittlichen Unterhaltungslinie; aber in der Summe aller Teile - auch kombiniert mit einigen grandiosen (Tanz-)Szenen und Schauplatzwechseln - hebt er sich doch durchaus aus der Masse der belanglosen Hollywood-Kost heraus und bietet einen spannenden, romantischen, manchmal etwas schnulzigen aber nie kitschigen Thriller mit interessanten, philosophischen Ansätzen über das Sein, den freien Willen und die Selbstbestimmung, die aber (natürlich) nie großartig vertieft werden. Dafür wäre der Film definitiv auf das falsche Publikum zugeschnitten. Das durchschnittliche Zielpublikum mag auch gar nicht, dass die Fragen vertieft werden und für die, die es wollen, hat Nolfi genug Interpretationsfreiraum gelassen, um auch nach dem Film noch für die ein oder andere angeregte Unterhaltung zu sorgen.
Mehr Mut wurde dafür an anderer Stelle bewiesen und hier muss nochmals erwähnt werden, dass die (in meinen Augen) eher untypische Besetzung der Emily Blunt als Eye Candy und Love-Interest mutig war - und der Mut hat sich in meinen Augen mehr als gelohnt. Mit einer 08/15-Alba-Blondine hätte der Film in den wichtigen, ruhigen Momenten nicht funktioniert, denn trotz seiner oberflächlichen Geschichte benötigt "Der Plan" eine Frau an Damons Seite, die nicht nur optisch was her macht, sondern auch als "Liebe-auf-den-ersten-Blick"-Faktor nachvollziehbar ist - und damit auch der rote Faden des Films; und da ist die 'frauliche' Blunt realistischer als irgend eine talentfreie Leinwanddekoration, die es nicht schafft, der Figur eine gewisse "Echtheit" und Tiefe zu verleihen. Kudos an dieser Stelle für diese Wahl.
So bleibt als Fazit, dass "The Adjustment Bureau" im Herzen eine überdurchschnittliche Romanze ist, gespickt mit Elementen, die ich gar nicht dachte, dass man sie miteinander so unterhaltsam kombinieren kann. Der Cast, die Geschichte und der Unterhaltungsfaktor stimmen von der ersten bis zur letzten Minute, auch wenn man viele mutige und spannende Ansätze gerne noch vertieft gesehen hätte. Das hätte dann aber wohl zur Folge gehabt, dass er das Zielpublikum verfehlt - und mit Emily Blunt hatte man schon einen Risikofaktor genug. Dieser Film gehört nämlich definitiv zu den besseren Hollywood-Filmen und es wäre eine Schande, wenn er nicht mindestens sein Budget wieder einspielen würde.

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Paul Tapner

Free will Vs Fate

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 12, 2011

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Although only two of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick's novels have made it to the big screen, there's been a fair few film versions of his short stories. And here's another one.

This is based on the short story 'Adjustment Team.' Which sees a man discover that the world is controlled by shadowy people working behind the scenes to make sure things turn out as they plan.

How to convert a short piece into a full length movie? Take the central idea and build a new story around it. Thus it bears no resemblance to the written version beyond that.

David Norris [Matt Damon] is a rising star in US politics. Who happens to meet british dancer Elise [Emily Blunt]. An instant attraction results as the two have great chemistry together. But strange men who dress like they've come off the set from the tv show Mad men are planning to ensure they don't meet again.

When that goes wrong, they have a struggle to get their plans back on track. And David has a fight on his hands to get both his career and the woman he loves.

As per the review title, the notion of the story is free will vs fate. And it gives you some pause for thought in that regard. It succeeds in a lot of ways because the two leads are both very good and make a believable couple. The movie is also never flashy with special effects, just using visual trickery instead, which results in some nice images at times.

It's set pretty much solely in New York and it does use city locations to great effect.

Bourne meets inception, the tag line claims. Well it's not a spy chase thriller, and it doesn't do anything like Inception did in the way of making you doubt the reality of the piece, but it's an appealing romantic drama crossed with science fiction piece, and it's well worth a look.

Also watch out for a great supporting performance from Terrance Stamp, in a role that allows him to use his voice to superb effect.

The dvd has the following language and subtitle options:

Languages: English. English audio descriptive.

Subtitles: English. Arabic. Icelandic.

It begins with a few trailers but you can skip these via the menu or the next buttons on the dvd remote.

It has a commentary from the writer/director.

Six deleted/extended scenes. Which can be watched individually or all in a row. They run to seven minutes in total if you do the latter. Some of these are rather good. Two offer an interesting look at rivalry amongst the adjusters. And one adds greater believability to a key decision David makes two thirds of the way through the movie.

There are three featurettes:

'Leaping through New York.' Which runs for eight minutes and is a making of feature. It's brief but does offer some interesting moments in regards to some of the above mentioned visual trickery.

'Destined to be' runs for five minutes and is about the relationship between David and Elise. And the casting of the two leads.

'Becoming Elise' runs for seven minutes and is about the dance training Emily Blunt went through for the role.

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Trish Dennison

Good movie

Reviewed in Canada on August 7, 2023

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