Saturday, March 5, 2011

The Adjustment Bureau ***

Matt Damon has chosen another supernaturally themed movie, "The Adjustment Bureau," following his work with Clint Eastwood in "Hereafter." This one, thankfully, has cute hats for the guys and the best romance of the year so far, a love at first sight story with Emily Blunt. The actors make it work, and imaginative use of actual New York locations adds a depth and patina that mere CG could not match. It's an old moral, but an important one: sometimes you must challenge your destiny. It was a diverting matinee.

Rated PG-13. 106 minutes. George Nolfi - Director / Writer (screenplay) / Producer, Philip K. Dick - Writer (short story "Adjustment Team"), Bill Carraro - Producer, Michael Carraro - Producer, Chris Moore - Producer, John Toll - Cinematographer, Thomas Newman - Composer, Kevin Thompson - Production Designer, Jay Rabinowitz - Editor. Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Principal actors: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt.

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