Intriguing premise but move never gels

Rating: 6/10 (20 August 2012)

Adjustment Bureau begins quite well, with Damon persuasive as a charismatic politician having a seemingly chance encounter with a charming Emily Blunt. After this politico-romantic start, the movie shifts into fantasy territory when Damon discovers that mankind is living based on a plan by "The Chairman," and implemented by men in suits who are probably angels.
So far so good. Damon is told he can't tell people about the Adjustment Bureau, but only told he won't meet Blunt again, and there the angels are wrong, and the film is essentially a cat and mouse game between Damon and his heavenly kibitzers.
It's a cute idea, and the chemistry between Damon and Blunt is phenomenal; you really believe the whole meant-for-each-other thing.
Unfortunately, after setting up the premise the movie doesn't seem to have any idea where to take it. It's a short movie, and yet it feels listless and slow, lacking dramatic tension or serious plotting and just sort of wandering along to a rather predictable end after a few predictable turns.
It's watchable.