Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Adjustment Bureau

4.5 stars
Drama, Intrigue
Very good. Matt Damon stars as a New York congressman who falls for pretty ballerina Emily Blunt. Unfortunately, that puts a cog in “The Plan” and “adjusters” have to intervene. Anthony Mackie (Hurt Locker) plays Damon’s “case worker” and his senior adjusters include John Slattery (“Mad Men”) and Terence Stamp (“Smallville”). Guys should like it for the intrigue and suspense; girls should like it for the romance – nothing sappy, just pure chemistry and physical attraction. The bits of ballet we got to see were beautiful, I would have loved to see a full performance. I was just left with two questions: 1) Why was Blunt crashing that wedding at the beginning anyway? 2) What happened in 2005 to change “The Plan”? Otherwise, well done.

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