What sustains the film is the handsome location shooting and the chemistry between the very photogenic leads.

Full Review | Oct 28, 2023

Shot without much visual panache, The Adjustment Bureau remains a confident and well-executed film by first-time director Nolfi.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 31, 2023

The film is well made, uses some great Brooklyn locations, and has some nice performances especially from it’s two leads. But the inconsistent script, lackluster ending, and flat-out silliness brings down what could have been a fun movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 19, 2022

"The Adjustment Bureau," with its turmoil, is a fascinating allegory for entertaining the debate between fate and free will.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 26, 2022

Damon and Blunt are just great on-screen together.

Full Review | Feb 11, 2022

The film's notion that true love conquers all would fall flat with the wrong leads, but Damon and Blunt possess a lovely, laid-back chemistry that allows us to believe in their union.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 13, 2021

Not everyone will get where the film is coming from. Nevertheless, most will still be content to sit and watch where The Adjustment Bureau is ultimately going to.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 11, 2020

The Adjustment Bureau isn't exactly faithful to its source material as much as it takes that central concept and creates another world out of it.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 1, 2020

Paranoia, a looming, faceless authority, religion, and the true nature of individual identity, among other Philip K Dick favorites.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Jul 13, 2020

The Adjustment Bureau is far too long-winded and too complicated when it explains the where and why of its tangled plot to have us suspending disbelief for very long.

Full Review | Jan 21, 2020

This film creatively challenges the mind, consistently.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 16, 2020

a fun ride, a top-notch sci-fi romance, and despite a few blatant plot devices that are a bit too convenient, the story's inherently human elements keep it going.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 7, 2019

The Adjustment Bureau has character, warmth and energy, though it is probably best appreciated if one doesn't examine its fantasy underpinnings too closely.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Feb 16, 2019

The Adjustment Bureau is primarily a romantic story and sci-fi thriller secondary, but I enjoyed it equally.

Full Review | Jan 28, 2019

The Adjustment Bureau is that rare thing, an intelligent romance.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 8, 2019

The Adjustment Bureau's pitting of fate against freewill and love against success, not only makes for a highly engrossing viewing experience, but also for one imbued with an acute and pensive undertone.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 14, 2018

There are plot holes within plot holes within plot holes, and although acres of raw exposition are provided, nothing ever makes proper sense.

Full Review | Aug 30, 2018

The tension between "Dickian paranoia" and "romance candy" begins to pull the threads of the film apart.

Full Review | May 22, 2018

It was a decent concept (at best) that was not supported with a good screenplay, and grew sillier by the minute. It just didn't work.

Full Review | Original Score: D+ | Sep 8, 2017

The Adjustment Bureau film and premise, if considered through the lens of theology, or any perspective, needs a major course correction. The movie is about a lot more than free will.

Full Review | Jun 29, 2017