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The Adjustment Bureau
U/A (INDIA)
2011
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The Adjustment Bureau
Positive Reviews
165
Negative reviews
39
Average Rating
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1.5
The film is well made, uses some great Brooklyn locations, and has some nice performances especially from its two leads. But the inconsistent script, ..
Keith & the Movies
2.0
Unfortunately, the film keeps Damon and Blunt apart more often than it brings them together, making it hard to keep that chemistry alive.
Av Club
4.5
They have the most marvellous chemistry youve seen in a long, long time, and thats what really sells the more outlandish elements of The Adjustment Bu ..
Den Of Geek
2.0
It taps into your longing for the days when a sci fi matrix could explain the world without making it a darker place.
EW
3.8
The Adjustment Bureau is a smart and good movie that could have been a great one if it had a little more daring.
Rogerebert
3.0
Though youll probably like where it ends up, youre left with the unmistakable feeling that there was another movie in there somewhere, still waiting t ..
Common Sense Media
4.0
On the whole it is a thoroughly enjoyable piece of filmmaking with two great central performances which ground the whole thing, the science fiction fa ..
We Got This Covered
3.0
But it could also explain the extreme lack of ambition in how the concept is presented visually.
Time Out
1.9
Nothing distinguishes The Adjustment Bureaus adolescent contrivance except for its risible cry of warning: Hes got a hat!
4.4
A smart, stylish thriller that melds science fiction, romance and Hitchcock ian intrigue with surprising ease.
3.5
Lightness of touch is not what one expects in fictional portrayals of monolithic entities bent on world domination, so the subtle tone Nolti maintains ..
The Hollywood Reporter
3.5
Where Inception thrilled and titillated with dazzling eye candy effects, and practically demanded repeat viewings in order to completely suss out the ..
3.1
The Adjustment Bureau definitely tests those limits in spite of some strong performances.
Paste Magazine
3.8
It will be interesting to see how families react to Rango, a wonderful animated tribute to the Old West that nevertheless maintains a really twisted s ..
E Film Critic
3.0
While it sets itself up marvelously, The Adjustment Bureau in the end simply fails on the follow through and while the end result is a near miss, it i ..
E Film Critic
3.0
Accept its fundamental silliness and whats left is very un Dick: a cosy pleasure.
Telegraph
3.0
Never a great prose stylist, Dick had a visionarys gift for mind bending ideas about the nature of reality, a gift Adjustment Bureau and its notion of ..
5.0
The central idea is inventive, and the movie is irresistible entertainment.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
Its sci fi for romantics and believers, something Dick might have scoffed at but more than welcome before the next dystopian apocalypse film comes alo ..
Cinema Blend
4.0
A surprisingly affecting sci fi romance, aided immensely by the chemistry between stars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt.
JoBlo
2.5
Sometimes, a strong premise makes for a weak movie, which ends up drowning in its own clever conceit.
The Globe And Mail
3.0
In the goofball The Adjustment Bureau, Matt Damon repeatedly ignores instructions from God not to date Emily Blunt.This is enormously flattering to Ms ..
Philly
2.5
A lively premise turned into an inert and uninsistent film by screenwriter and rookie director George Nolfi.
Philly
4.5
This imaginative and well acted film mixes genres as a political drama, a science fiction tale, and a spiritual love story.
Spirituality And Practice
3.0
Both pretentious and silly, a picture that addresses serious issues of fate and free will in the form of a mawkish adolescent adventure yarn.
One Guys Opinion
1.5
Closer in spirit to Wings of Desire than Men in Black, The Adjustment Bureau is not without ambition or dorm room ruminations on free will and predest ..
Village Voice
3.8
But it plays like a movie by a thriller writer who is better at chases that at romance.
Rogers Movie Nation
2.0
How much one enjoys the pic doesnt depend on taking any of this farfetched story seriously, but in how much you loved the Hollywood romance carried ou ..
Sover
3.8
Nevertheless, although the final act may not be as intellectually fulfilling as what precedes it, it is emotionally satisfying.
ReelViews
4.4
At the same time, director George Nolfi a good screenwriter making his directorial debut realizes and embraces the silliness in such an idea.Too much ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
Turning the story into a Matt Damon thriller isnt something I would have recommended, but the idea works pretty well for a while.
Chicago Reader
2.5
It seems, not just from plain, old curiosity, but also a shortage of substance in whats present.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.0
The films problems do not lie with its cast, further evidence that Matt Damon is one of our very best actors, a charismatic Everyman.
3.1
Anyway, the point is: True love is a powerful force.Thats a perfectly fine premise.
Usa Today
4.4
Its clear right from the outset that The Adjustment Bureau benefits substantially from Damons almost remarkably charismatic performance, as the actors ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
Some have compared it to last years hit movie Inception but it is more like Wings of Desire, with the angels wearing hats and meddling in human affair ..
Lariat
3.0
This is exciting, thoughtful stuff, overall, and at its core deeply romantic.
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
Damon and Blunt have such obvious chemistry we do start believing the ripple effects from a single kiss could indeed change our collective future.
Radio Times
1.0
The fantasy might have been tolerable were it generating romantic heat, but stiff armed Damon and Garfield eyed Blunt dont animate the written in the ..
Independent
1.9
Despite heroic efforts by Damon and the lovely Blunt to build a plausible love story, the movie dissolves into silliness.
Rolling Stone
3.5
Its impossible to avoid comparing this film to both Inception and The Truman Show, as it delves into the issue of free will from a fantastical perspec ..
Shadows On The Wall
4.0
No matter how long or magnificent the ride, it never lasts forever.
The Wrap
4.0
The Adjustment Bureau is an enjoyable sci fi thriller slash romance thats worth seeing for the astonishing chemistry between the two leads alone.
View London
3.1
Damon and Blunt are terrific together; its impossible not to root for them.
News Day
3.0
What the film lacks in tension and pizazz it makes up for in heart.
Cs Monitor
2.5
Its totally unclear why Damon acquiesces to the God Squad the worst harm these guys can inflict on someone is a sprained ankle.
New York Post
4.0
But if David ever, ever breathes a word about the adjusters, hell have no one but himself to blame when the hazmats show up with their brain scrambler ..
Film Journal International ..
3.0
But ultimately its not the lives of the characters that need adjusting here.Its the story itself.
Az Central
2.5
Whether this movie works for you largely depends on whether youre willing to work for it.
Boston
3.5
Given the casting, Bureau would have fared better as a political thriller or straight up romance without all the metaphysical hooha.
Npr
3.8
The scripts mystical hubbub about predetermination and free will is mere scaffolding for a sweet romance.
Star Tribune
4.5
For the heaviness of the films metaphysics, there is something ineffably light and charming about it... If Frank Capra made The Matrix, it would be Th ..
3.1
And where the drama falters, the romance rises.Damon and Blunt make a smart and sassy pair.
Toronto Star
3.0
With all my admiration for Nolfis playful game of ideas, it must be stated right away that Adjustment Bureau raises more provocative intellectual ques ..
Emanuellevy
5.0
Based on a Philip K Dick story, the film reworks A Matter of Life and Death with elements of Its a Wonderful Life and shares techniques and themes wit ..
Guardian
3.0
The Adjustment Bureau is not a film to be taken seriously in any way, but it has an interesting idea at its heart: successful politicians are people w ..
Guardian
3.5
Farfetched Yes, but Matt Damon and Emily Blunt convinced me their characters belong together in this romantic sci fi thriller.
Reel Talk Reviews
3.8
Its certainly a mushy concept in and of itself, but placed within the films sci fi trappings, it takes on an edge that sharpens, rather than undercuts ..
Q Network
4.0
Where it scores is as something else: a romantic drama that presents us with one of the most likeable couples in recent cinema.
Daily Mail
3.5
What emerges from the chaos may be uneven and at times ridiculous, but its never boring.
Slate
4.0
Luckily for us, Nolfis execution will excite everyone else, for this metaphysical love story/thriller manages the very difficult trick of remaining in ..
Empire
3.0
With his keen sense of decency, Damon is the films greatest asset and it is through his protagonists journey that much of our satisfaction is gained.
3.0
Unfortunately, like many good sci fi writers, Nolfi presents a provocative premise but never develops credible characters and constantly reiterates cl ..
Susang Ranger
4.0
Whats The Deal: This movie is easily the most imaginative and fun to watch love story I have seen in ages.
Movies
2.5
The bright side to this sort of indecision is that its constantly surprising and never dull.
Movies
1.5
Damon and Blunts scenes together, once they stop running, reach a pitch of romantic tension that has almost disappeared from movies.But, after a while ..
New Yorker
3.0
This is the trouble with The Adjustment Bureau. It reminds you of lots of other movies that are better than The Adjustment Bureau.
Boston Herald
4.0
Yawn yawn.All of which makes The Adjustment Bureau one of the most welcome, entertaining and original romances of recent memory, not least because it ..
Express
3.8
But writer director George Nolfis movie works on an interesting scale and a disarmingly gentle spirit, even though its being sold as a hard charging r ..
Chicago Tribune
4.0
Think of it as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with chase sequences; the heart wants what it wants, and itll be damned if anyone is going to get ..
Bullz-Eye
4.5
Not the sort of thinkbomb you expect from a Hollywood romantic drama.
Flickfilosopher
3.0
Adjustment eventually embraces a few too many romance movie cliches (including a last minute rush to stop a wedding), but its approach to the genre is ..
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
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Total Film
2.5
Its a tendency that is wearisome enough in a meticulously constructed fantasy such as Inception; in a haphazard romp such as this, the boardgame metap ..
The Atlantic
3.0
The film is properly proportioned as a chase thriller romantic adventure and sci fi fantasy and thankfully no component overshadows another.
Hollywood
5.0
Highlighted by the wonderful Emily Blunt and George Nolfis fine direction this is a splendid romantic excursion into science fiction.
Tony Medley
2.0
The Adjustment Bureau has a less threatening appeal than Inception..Its clearly stated romantic connection is the heart of the puzzle.
Coles Mithey
4.0
Somehow I doubt Dick himself would have been too fond of it as an adaptation, but adjust your expectations from what you may be expecting and youll fi ..
3.1
A chance run in with irreverent beauty Elise (Emily Blunt) inspires Norris to put authenticity before image: with a surprisingly honest concession spe ..
Groucho Reviews
4.5
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Hit Fix
4.4
The pull of it is so strong that they are ultimately willing to take great risks to hold on to it.
Aisle Seat
1.5
Not everyone will get where the film is coming from. Nevertheless, most will still be content to sit and watch where The Adjustment Bureau is ultimate ..
Herald Sun
4.4
And the script manages to avoid the usual thriller cliches (there are no car chases or shootouts) while indulging in some nicely surreal surprises (li ..
Nj
2.5
Its impossible to say much more without spoilers, so Ill leave it at that.
Movie Habit
3.1
The Adjustment Bureau has some good ideas about inexpensive style.
Movie Habit
3.5
Matt Damon and Emily Blunt had some really nice chemistry, and even though her rather trite role as a would be dancer was tired, the acting behind it ..
7M Pictures
0.6
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it.
Film Freak Central
3.0
Why Because theres a master plan at play in the world, and his part in it doesnt involve Elise, or exposing them.
E Online
2.5
The premise promises an engaging wronged man thriller with metaphysical overtones, but director George Nolfi fails to deliver.
Film School Rejects
1.5
The Adjustment Bureau is not entirely satisfying, and at times, quite silly.
Film Ink
2.5
Based on a short story by Phlip K Dick (the author whose works inspired Blade Runner, Minority Report and total Recall) the film is a well mounted tim ..
The Age
2.5
Dicks speculations about cosmic bureaucracy typically had a playful, satirical edge. Nolfis control of tone is less sure.
The Age
4.0
This is heady stuff for a Hollywood thriller which usually prefers the uncomplicated action of an Unstoppable to something that might make viewers squ ..
Maki At The Movies
4.5
The Adjustment Bureaus pitting of fate against freewill and love against success, not only makes for a highly engrossing viewing experience, but also ..
Cine Vue
2.0
But there is some pleasure to be had here: Nolfis predilection for old school cinematic technique over newfangled excess is refreshing and sometimes i ..
La Weekly
3.0
THE VERDICT An enjoyable fantasy tale, this is more an intelligent romance movie rather than effects driven sci fi romp and it allows Damon and Blunt ..
Mirror
4.0
When you can make such concepts come alive with absolute sympathy from audiences, you dont need a crystal ball to predict youll be the go to guy for p ..
Varia Gate
4.0
Sadly, Nolfi fudges on that and the result is that many stimulating ideas and much determined, breathless action fail to produce a convincing resoluti ..
Digital Spy
2.0
Problem is, the films premise only stands up for about a few minutes. Thats why it was written as a short story.
Flicks
4.4
So sci fi buffs may feel unsatisfied, but date night will soar from the presentation of love as a fantastic, possibly permanent distraction.
Red Eye Chicago
5.0
Suspenseful, romantic and wryly funny, The Adjustment Bureau is the kind of film that reaffirms ones faith in Hollywood.
Stl Today
3.8
Without the strength of this, it would be an altogether lesser, emptier experience.
Dustin Put Man
2.5
But often the result is a mess.The Adjustment Bureau makes a mess of the Philip K. Dick short story Adjustment Team by designating romance as the driv ..
Larsen On Film
3.8
And these are the questions at the heart of this romantic thriller.
Christianity Today
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en ..
News Blaze
2.5
An entertaining, if blasphemous mindbender suggesting that love conquers all, even the will of God.
News Blaze
1.5
As much of a wildman as Philip K. Dick was, its hard to imagine him being thrilled about his story being turned into a glorified episode of Touched by ..
Hollywood And Fine
3.0
Ooh, friend!.The Inbetweeners Simon on why he STILL fails to be an adult at the age of 34 TAKING ANOTHER CHANCE All about Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Agai ..
The Sun
4.0
As a philosophical dialectic masquerading as a thriller, works on many levels, and equally well on each of them.
Killer Movie Reviews
3.5
Yet what can be certain is that The Adjustment Bureau has assured Noflis fate as an exciting new talent worth anticipating in the future.
Matts Movie Reviews
4.0
Less a rumination on free will than a potboiler with some intellectual pretensions, The Adjustment Bureau is a pleasant enough middlebrow mind trip.
The Filmy Ap
3.5
Its a breezy film masquerading as a sincere one, and while thats obnoxious, its hard to hate a fun night at the movies.
Antagony & Ecstasy
1.5
The nearly always dependable Emily Blunt shines as well, an intriguing blend of romantic spark and sci fi sizzle.
4.0
Or it could turn into a bland muddle, in which neither Dicks raw ideas nor the charm of a romantic comedy is allowed to flourish.
Io9 Gizmodo
3.5
A truly great animated film ought to have great visuals and a strong story thats at least somewhat grounded in reality.
Nyc Movie Guru
2.5
When youre at the pearly gates and all of lifes questions are answered, make sure to ask, By the way, did you understand The Adjustment Bureau.St. Pet ..
Js Online
4.4
Your preconception of this existential romantic thrillers entertainment value is about to be adjusted.
Movie Crypt
4.5
The Adjustment Bureau Synopsis On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris meets beautiful contemporary balle ..
Movie Web
4.0
A few hiccups in the screenwriting late in the film hold it back from its true potential but this is still worth a look for sci fi fans and even those ..
Hollywood Chicago
4.0
Nolfis film deserves to find an audience and should benefit from strong word of mouth.
Sbs
2.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
4.0
Unfortunately, its out on the same day as Liam Neesons stolen identity action romp Unknown, so you can expect it to get thoroughly trounced anyway.Sch ..
The Shiz Nit
3.0
While the sincere Matt Damon Emily Blunt romantic thriller is entertaining, it ultimately fails to effectively marry fantasy elements with its liberal ..
Mercury News
3.8
But, really, its about being bold enough to make the tough decisions that have a way of turning an ordinary life into an extraordinary one.
No La
3.8
The Adjustment Bureau is smart and engaging but, in shoe horning a romance into the script, the filmmakers have steered away from the more thorny issu ..
Scene Stealers
2.0
Ninety nine minutes later youll wonder how you ever thought it.Shorn of the fantastical, this might have been an engaging enough romance.
The Ooh Tray
4.0
While the marketing would have you believe that this is some sinister thriller, the tone is a bit more lighthearted and wistful than advertised.
Or Lando Weekly
3.5
What we have here basically is the old story about free will versus predestinationnot a brain twister of the first freshness.Writer director George No ..
reason
2.0
Its a little like if Men In Black was recast with an army of John Majors, and about as sexy as that sounds.
Film 4
3.0
Part Hollywood romance, part paranoia thriller, The Adjustment Bureau is an enjoyable romp in large part on the strength of Damon and Blunts likabilit ..
Decent Films
3.8
Unfortunately, once the film fully takes to the art of the chase, it runs out of gas, looking to mount a dazzling, portal leaping conclusion at the ve ..
Scifi Movie Page
4.0
I can honestly say The Adjustment Bureau is the best meet cute sci fi rom com about magic hats that Ive seen in at least three months.
Streaming Quickflix
2.5
In its narrative screenplay adaptation, it comes off a bit skimpy.
East Bay Express
4.4
Its rare when a film is able to blend together two different genres so well, especially when they are two genres that you dont normally see together, ..
2.0
Nolfis version of The Adjustment Whatever is a lightweight, sci fi entertainment.Its a nice diversion.
Tony Mack
3.0
Successfully mixing a trio of genres, snappy dialogue, and genuine tension, the movie is a satisfying diversion for just about every demographic.
From The Balcony
2.0
But the result plays like Bourne Lite.Its too blandly whimsical to generate much suspenseor romance or comedy or religious uplift.
Ny Mag
3.0
The movie has a wild adventurous spirit and coupled with a no clue where its going element it keeps viewers hanging in there.
Review Express
3.5
In theory, blending the genres should strike cinematic magic that excites both and thats exactly what this retelling of a Phillip K. Dick short story ..
Future Movies
3.8
A bit muddled through the middle third and a Hollywood like ending make for a good, though not a brilliant film.
Cinema Sight
3.0
Sci fi is a humanistic genre.Even at its most farfetched, truly resonant science fiction has its biggest impact when saying something about who we are ..
Fan The Fire Magazine
4.0
Twisting fate and life as an unalterable plan is tail chasing territory. It avoids potential plot convolutions with a fast moving, not let you get thi ..
Tri City Herald
4.0
Taken as a whole, if you allow yourself to take a leap of faith The Adjustment Bureau is an intriguing, engrossing experience. At the very least, it j ..
Trespass Mag
3.8
The movie keeps you on your toes guessing what is lurking around the next corner.
Entertainment Spectrum
3.0
...if our current president got elected after admitting to having used cocaine in the past do you really think mooning someone in college would cause ..
Media Mikes
4.0
The Adjustment Bureau is literate and sophisticated exploring the concept of true love as good as any movie of recent vintage.
Daily Film Fix
3.8
Philip K. Dicks original science fiction story gets an adjustment in The Adjustment Bureau, a fantasy, rather than a sci fi piece, about freedom of ch ..
Qc Times
3.1
At least the filmmakers have Blunt and Damon to rely on; you can believe they share a love stronger than any revision.
Boston Phoenix
3.0
The notion that love drains people of career/artistic motivations is the sole stimulating notion proffered by the script.
Nicks Chager
3.0
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New York Time Out
2.5
It was a decent concept (at best) that was not supported with a good screenplay, and grew sillier by the minute. It just didnt work.
Reel Talk Online
3.1
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who is caring for these little babies, is looking for cat lovers to adopt the energetic ..
Us Magazine
1.5
The Adjustment Bureau has character, warmth and energy, though it is probably best appreciated if one doesnt examine its fantasy underpinnings too clo ..
Assignment X
4.0
Just look at the Bourne Trilogy for the perfect examples.Damon is a great movie runner.
The Scorecard Review
4.0
At its heart, the film is a sweet romance, but with its heady ideas and exciting action, theres no room for treacle.
Washington City Paper
1.5
There are plot holes within plot holes within plot holes, and although acres of raw exposition are provided, nothing ever makes proper sense.
Spectator
3.0
Its hard to imagine a more spectacularly silly film making it to theaters this year than The Adjustment Bureau.
Detroit News
3.0
The struggle between free will and determinism gets dramatic play in this imaginative sci fi romance.
Compuserve
4.5
a fun ride, a top notch sci fi romance, and despite a few blatant plot devices that are a bit too convenient, the storys inherently human elements kee ..
The Dispatch (Lexington, N ..
2.0
The Adjustment Bureau has you pondering the angles throughout, and its a credit to newly minted director George Nolfi that he never lets his foot off ..
Film.com
2.0
Phillip K. Dick was a lot of things, but few would call him a sentimentalist.
Metro Times
5.0
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Ny Press
3.0
Damon and Blunt are great its just a shame they dont have a stronger adversary for their love.
Week In Rewind
4.5
Matt Damon and Emily Blunt fall in love and flee shadowy figures in the immensely stylish romantic thriller The Adjustment Bureau. If only the ending ..
Abc News Go
2.5
...the over explained softened edges of the story turn what could have been an exceptional brain bender into a good, but fairly standard issue heart w ..
MSN Movies
4.5
Paranoia, a looming, faceless authority, religion, and the true nature of individual identity, among other Philip K Dick favorites.
3.5
The aforementioned Slattery is wry and delivers most of the films humour.The excellent Terence Stamp isnt around long enough as the scariest hat in to ..
The Diva Review
2.0
The first great movie of 2011 is thought provoking, exciting, and swooningly romantic.
Movie Mom
3.5
There is a genuine sense of attraction and chemistry between Damon and Blunt, and the immense opposition that they face to be together very effectivel ..
Cinema Autopsy
4.0
Whats intriguing is that this is essentially a sweet love story coated in a layer of Phillip K Dick, with Damon turning on the charm and Blunt a good ..
Standard Net Au
4.0
Audiences who found themselves bamboozled by the dream within a dream scenario of Inception will thrill to this suspenseful flight of fantasy.
Liver Pool Echo
3.5
The movie is worth seeing just for the discussions youll have afterwards with friends about the illusion of free will and what might happen if you try ..
The Mercury
3.0
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Sfx
3.0
Its a well chosen tactic: the plot and ideas are sufficiently complex that a ginned up presentation might have overcooked the thing.
Blog Oregonlive
3.6
But that concept is about all he keeps, turning a pretty lightweight, casually misogynistic short story into a solidly engaging romantic thriller that ..
D Cist
1.5
Unhappily, 100 minutes of the two performers conversing about acting, filmmaking, politics, etc., might well have been more compelling than this $50 m ..
World Socialist Web Site
4.5
Damon and Blunt have such palpable chemistry from their very first scene that we utterly believe he would spend an entire movie vaulting obstacles to ..
Brandon Fibbs
3.0
Help, Im being followed by super human salesmen in cardigans and hats! shouted Matt Damon, as Fred MacMurray and Edward G. Robinson closed in on him f ..
Movie Juice
3.5
This is not the Philip K. Dick story it was supposedly based on, but it does look at engaging philosophical questions that a film like IRON MAN would ..
Leepers Us
3.0
Youve got to admire the way it reins in the action sequences and concentrates on character development instead something thats about as common in Holl ..
News Of The World
3.1
The overall result is somewhat compelling, but the movie doesnt live up to the potential of such an original idea.
Host Madison
2.5
Nothing about it feels ordinary, even when its contrivances threaten to send it crashing to earth.
Mania.com
5.0
While the films source material dates back to 1954, it is still one of the more original, though provoking and down right entertaining films to hit th ..
2.5
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New York Metro Mix
2.5
A typically paranoid Philip K. Dick story about the fragile fabric of reality is repurposed as a reassuring fable about true loves destiny and the rig ..
Commercial Appeal (Memphis ..
3.0
Decent enough science fiction silliness that could have done without the religious malarkey.
Denton Record-Chronicle
2.0
It believes itself to be a suggestive meditation on free will and destiny not merely a crunchy bag of popcorn. Its neither, being rubbish popcorn too, ..
This Is London
3.0
And first time director George Nolfi does a good job wrapping romance, action and mystery around an intriguing story touching on religion, philosophy, ..
American Profile
3.0
A strong mystifying story that lays it all out and has you choosing fate over the plan.
Jo Reviews
3.8
Hollywood can always count on Philip K. Dick, whose short story inspired The Adjustment Bureau, to bring something fresh to tired film formulas.
Washington Times
2.0
The storys concept is interesting and many critics have focused on the questions that it raises about free will.
Big Hollywood
3.8
A curious mix of science fiction and romance, which I enjoyed much more when it was mysterious Sci Fi.
2.0
A thoughtful and thought provoking romance with a touch of the fantastic.
Dallas News
3.1
They have the power to walk through doors in one part of New York and come out in another. That power involves hats. Magic hats. Natty fedoras, mostly ..
Jackson Ville
3.0
Its hokum, but its entertaining hokum, mainly thanks to Damon and Blunt, who make an appealing couple.
3.8
It takes awhile for the strangeness of this weird story to give way to a more secular rooting interest that eventually makes it very human and hopeful ..
Atlantic City Weekly
5.0
The movie is about a lot more than free will.Did this years Oscar winning film The Kings Speech teach us nothing
Ncr Online
4.5
The Adjustment Bureau, with its turmoil, is a fascinating allegory for entertaining the debate between fate and free will.
Every Movie Hasalesson
4.5
But he doesnt even know the name of the woman whos saved his career.
4.5
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Screen Junkies
3.8
The films notion that true love conquers all would fall flat with the wrong leads, but Damon and Blunt possess a lovely, laid back chemistry that allo ..
4.0
Science fiction with half a brain, a lot of weird, quick wit, and a surprisingly full heart.
ScreenAnarchy
3.0
All of the shine is pointless with a weak story. By the time we reached the second act, The Adjustment Bureau became Sex and the City meets The Butter ..
BET.com
4.5
And if youre a romance lover, this one is for the hopeless romantics.
2.0
An amped up love conquers all fantasy, one replete with a dash to a church, a last minute declaration of love, and a cop out conclusion that renders t ..
Scotsman
4.5
The film meanders between its two styles and sets of concerns, but it adds up to a solid piece of cinema entertainment with a few brain tweaking momen ..
2.0
With the exception of a few cute lines from Emily Blunt, its a bureaucratically grey and decidedly empty tale about very little.
Screen Wize
3.0
A largely entertaining and compelling paranoid thriller only let down by its final scenes.
Empire Online
3.1
This is like peeking behind the Wizards curtain.It carries consequences.
Cinema Dope
4.5
Nolfi keeps a swift pace with strong character development and just enough explanation that you dont become Inception frustrated by the end.
Sarahs Back Stage Pass
1.5
The Adjustment Bureau is far too long winded and too complicated when it explains the where and why of its tangled plot to have us suspending disbelie ..
Charleston City Paper
4.0
Nolfi makes a memorable directing debut in this sometimes silly, but also suspenseful and entertaining story.
3.0
What conceivable conclusion could Nolfi give, lest to suggest that The Chairman or God, has a heart of stone, and cynically doesnt believe in love or ..
Real.com
4.4
Theyre called the Adjustment Bureau, but what they really are is the C*** Block Bureau.
2.5
The film is quite a ride as it goes on, and the mystery posed at the beginning is genuinely engaging.
Upper More Land
4.5
Even if The Adjustment Bureau does have a few permanent bruises from running the Hollywood gauntlet, its still a valiant effort about reconciling dest ..
Cinematical
1.5
atrociously trite conclusion threatens to ruin the entire film, but perhaps if we can just get a hold of the right Moleskine, we can make some adjustm ..
3.8
When Facebook friends, credit histories and text message logs expose our every and dictate 99 percent of our decision making The Adjustment Bureau has ..
1.5
These two crazy, impetuous kids clearly belong together. Too bad the science fiction plot says otherwise.
The Improper Bostonian
1.5
Too bad the film doesnt have anything else to offer besides the chemistry between the photogenic leads, the handsome location shooting and the usual b ..
5.0
The actors convincingly sell that passion, and their union smoothes any wrinkles an otherwise critical eye might spy as The Adjustment Bureau ... race ..
0.5
Stupid. Regrettably, love conquers all. Puts a stain on Philip K. Dicks post death career.
4.5
I wish I could say more.The film is part sci fi, part love story and part thriller.
She Knows
4.0
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Nerve
3.0
Visit Website There are plenty of great ideas throughout the film with determinism and the idea of free will all given some interesting twists.
Sabotage Times
3.0
... in the long list of films translating and transforming the stories of the ubiquitous Philip K. Dick, this falls in the Watchable but Disappointing ..
1.3
Now Im betting the film will appeal to a wider audience than some might expect.
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