Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Movie Review - The adjustment bureau - Mind bending concoction of sci-fi, action and romance

Is it a sci-fi movie ? Is it an action thiller ? Or is it an offbeat romance drama? It is none of the above and yet it is all of these rolled into a seriously fun mind bender of a movie experience. How far would you go to get the girl of your dreams? Matt Damon goes as far as he can and as deep as he can into what i call the urban worm holes of new york in which one door teleports him from a subway to a far away stadium in a jiffy in a backdrop of bizarre happenings. Just when he is on the brink of becoming a senator of new york his world comes crashing down because he falls in love with a ballet dancer Emily blunt. A team of mysterious people calling themselves the adjustment bureau find Damon and Blunt going against what they term as the plan of their chairman in which the love struck couple are to achieve great individual successes if were to be kept apart. And there begins the adjustment versus free will game leading to loads of thrills. The background score heightens the excitement. Matt Damon adds a soft side to his brawny antecedents from the bourne movies. Emily blunt as the impulsive ballet dancer is much more charming though as Damon's love interest.