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Rating: 5/10 (4 March 2011)

Any movie that has a spiritual underlying tone to it, always raises questions and The Adjustment Bureau did just that. Surprisingly, this movie did not have much plot holes as compared to the other sci-fi genres. From the very start of the movie, when you have the four statuesque figures looking out at the world. You try to figure out their roles in their movie. It was a nail biting movie till, the clichéd love story kicks in. My sense of optimism would like to believe that there was a bigger story of lessons to learn and the love story was just an example the audience could relate too. Though as the movie progresses, one would start thinking that the love story resembled the 2008 movie Hancock with both the protagonists loving each in other different time periods despite the numerous reincarnations.
On the whole though, classifying this movie as a thriller would be a far cry. As we all know Hollywood and clichéd endings go hand in hand and this movie was brimming with it. From the ex bad boy David Norris (Matt Damon) falling hard for the free spirited, opinionated Elise (Emily Blunt) to the scene of falling in love at first sight. Right till the end of movie with, a passionate kiss always saves the day. Hollywood, quit being a bore and give us some real thrillers.