Special-K88 Review of The Adjustment Bureau

The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

does too much to arrive at a resolution that provides too little

[10 December 2023]

New York Congressman David Norris runs, albeit unsuccessfully, for a seat on the US Senate, but that seems a lot less pertinent after his chance encounter with Elise Sellas; she's a down-to-earth dancer whom he becomes fixated with...but his fixation doesn't sit well with an agency of "case workers" whose duty is tinkering with the fabric of reality to fall in line with the Plan, but then what happens when Norris chooses to make his own plan? Politics take a backseat to science fiction, existentialism, and romance in this intriguing yarn that also toys around with concepts of free will and predetermination. There are some unique twists and nifty visuals, plus Damon and Blunt lend it credibility, but it doesn't quite stick the landing as a weak ending succumbs to a familiar love story cliché. **½