If you've seen the trailer for The Adjustment Bureau, you'd be forgiven for thinking that it was some sort of relentless chase , not unlike Paycheck, perhaps, though hopefully less abysmal. An adaptation of a Philip K Dick short story, it also appeared to contain all the usual trappings you might associate with the writer's work: alternate layers of reality, an unfathomable conspiracy, and a lone protagonist who struggles to lift the curtain on the whole insane cabal. On one level, this is precisely what The Adjustment Bureau is. It does, indeed, contain a male protagonist battling against a seldom seen, powerful organisation. But not, perhaps, in the way that its trailer, or its association with Philip K Dick, might suggest. The Adjustment Bureau is more like Dick's work filtered through Michael Powell's A Matter Of Life Or Death, or maybe Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life. If you're at a dinner party and want to sound incredibly erudite and witty, you could even say it's less Franz Kafka and more Frank Capra. That's sure to raise a chortle over the After Eights. If nothing else, it's a reminder of just how varied the films inspired by Philip Dick's work can be. Blade Runner was a Metropolis-style fever dream of the future, Total Recall was an ultra-violent gun fantasy, while The Adjustment Bureau is a fantasy romance with an added dash of Phildickean bureaucracy and red tape. Matt Damon stars as down-to-earth senator, David Norris, whose head is turned by pretty <b>...</b>
Thomas Newman
Matt Damon
Emily Blunt
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2011
Philip K. Dick
