The Adjustment Bureau

Movie: The Adjustment Bureau

Genre: thriller

Synopsis: David Norris (Matt Damon) is the youngest man ever elected to Congress.  He represents a New York City district and is now running for a Senate Seat – and has a healthy lead.  Then an embarrassing picture from his past is released and his election chances plummet.  Minutes before his concession speech, he runs into Elise (Emily Blunt).  She was a wedding crasher being chased by security and was hiding out in the men’s room.  There is an instant connection between them – but then she runs off (chased by security).

Behind the scenes is The Adjustment Bureau.  These guys all wear hats that allow them to move instantly from place to place.  The head of the team monitoring David is Richardson (John Slattery).  Without wanting to give too much away . . . the rest of the movie consists of The Adjustment Bureau doing everything in their power to keep David and Elise from ever meeting again vs. David doing everything he can to find Elise.  This becomes much more interesting when The Adjustment Bureau make David aware of the Bureau and what it does.

My two cents: This was a great movie.  It had a lot of action while giving you a lot to think about.  Matt Damon and Emily Blunt were great, as always.  I enjoyed this movie much more than I thought I would.  Definitely worth seeing - especially if you can suspend your skepticism and just accept the Adjustment Bureau and their mission.

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