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The Adjustment Bureau
Thе affair between a politician аnd a ballerina іѕ affected bу mysterious forces keeping thе lovers apart. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 06/21/2011 Starring: Matt Damon Emily Blunt Rυn time: 106 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: George NolfiMatt Damon іѕ doing things a lot οf top movie stars аrе sometimes frightened tο dο: spreading hіѕ image thin аmοng a range οf roles, directors, аnd material. Hіѕ forays away frοm thе hυgе successes οf, ѕау, thе Bourne movies οr thе Ocean’s series
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Was it Your Choice to Read This Review or Your Destiny?,
Here’s a scene in “Citizen Kane” everywhere one of the font mentions seeing a gorgeous girl on a trolley and he regrets not sitting next to her, and not one day goes by everywhere he doesn’t reckon of that girl. We all have experiences and memories like that, we wonder what our lives would have been like if we did sit next to that girl, or if we did talk to her, or get her number (undoubtedly, we lay more importance on these experiences than they may deserve. They’re giant `what if’ moments in our lives, the path not full). But what if that moment of choice is the intrusion of destiny or fate? And we we’re supposed to be with that person? That is the theme of “The Adjustment Chest of drawers.”
David Norris (Matt Damon) is a quick rising Congressman with a fantastic political future. As he is set to win his race for the Council, a revelation comes out that puts his whole political future in inquiry. He goes into a men’s room to rehearse his concession speech and meets Elise (Emily Blunt) and they feel that instant attraction of `knowing’ they must be collectively. But circumstances pull them apart, or do they? The next day David catches an adjustment team, headed by Richardson (John Slattery) looking like he kept the wardrobe from “Mad Men.” The only reason Norris witnesses this is because the adjuster assigned to him, Aggravate Mitchell (Anthony Mackie), was literally asleep on the job. Richardson convinces David that it’s for the best that he forget he ever saw them and that he must forget ever meeting Elise or else his destiny won’t be fulfilled. Of course David can’t stop thinking of Elise and sets out to find her, and the aptly to choose the course of his life.
“The Adjustment Chest of drawers” is based on a Philip K. Dick small tale. For the past thirty years or so Hollywood has been availing themselves of the topsy-turvy worlds Dick made. Some of the more thriving of those being “Blade Runner,” “Total Recall,” and “A Scanner Darkly.” Everywhere does “The Adjustment Chest of drawers” fit in? Aptly in the middle with “Paycheck” Ben Affleck’s Philip K. Dick based movie. Philip K. Dick’s novels and small tales can really turn your head around. Dick turned reality on its head in his tales and usually turned that reality in on itself too. “The Adjustment Chest of drawers” takes on the challenge of free will versus fate, and even as it plays with it a bit it doesn’t turn your head around, and leaves it a pretty simple discussion.
The acting in “The Adjustment Chest of drawers” is fine. Here are no emotional pyrotechnics or fantastic ranges explored but the font are believable, and the chemistry between Damon and Blunt is palpable. When they kiss at their first meeting you feel the familiarity and impulsiveness of the moment.
“The Adjustment Chest of drawers” is a nice set alight movie to provoke a small post movie discussion or a nice adventure and peek behind reality’s curtain. It just might be your destiny to see this movie if you make the choice to.
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Just as Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition) was a like tale with a vaguely uncommon angle of sci-fi-type themes, “The Adjustment Chest of drawers” is a sci-fi/suspense like tale. It may seem a bit out here or far-fetched, but, entrust me, it works! Matt Damon and Emily Blunt have incredible chemistry collectively; it’s simple to root for these two as they take on the agency that’s doing everything within their unlimited power to keep them apart. The movie, based on a tale by Philip K. Dick (also responsible for Blade Runner – The Final Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition), Paycheck (Special Collector’s Edition), Minority Report (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition), Total Recall, A Scanner Darkly, Screamers, Next), does well with its tale and pacing. The acting is well done and it certainly has “multiple viewing” potential (especially for fans of Damon and Blunt). The fantastic thing about this film, though, is not just the overall thought of the film, but also the questions that arise from such a film. Would you sacrifice a better life for your like? This film explores that thought with both sides being likewise explored. “Adjustment Chest of drawers” is one of the best of the year so far and highly enjoyable.
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