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The Adjustment Bureau

It's good, but it's not great. Usually, most films with Matt Damon in a leading role are marked with 'AVOID' for me, nothing against him personally but i can't seem to get into a film with him in it (Not including Dogma, but i mean come on that film was awesome) in this however i managed to leave the cinema not wanting to cause self harm like his other recent film 'Hereafter' and did actually gain some enjoyment from it. The key plot of the film, is the adjustment bureau, a shady organization who basically keep the world in check and apparently have been around for a while making sure certain things happen in a certain way, however, when David Norris, a young and upcoming New York politician meets mystery girl Elisa and falls head over heels, they step in and attempt to make adjustments to both of their lives to ensure they never meet again.

So the idea is David, determined to be with Elisa no matter what goes against the bureau and wont stop until he can essentially make his own 'Destiny' with her. As i said yes, it is a pretty good film, and a relatively good story looking into the idea of 'fate' and how other forces may effect our lives, asking are we really in control? But theres a problem, it fails to find a comfortable balance between Romance and Sci-fi/fantasy it tries to hard to be both and because of that it, it never feels comfortably in one genre. It would go from David being kidnapped by a mysterious agency with a haze of a thriller to him and Elisa strolling across New York looking like a chirpy romantic couple from a soppy chick flick which spoiled it a bit for me, then again its a decent enough film with a generally refreshing idea(for the moment) that does its job in entertaining and getting the audience to look closer at the concept of fate.

7 / 10

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