The Adjustment Bureau

Actors:  Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, John Slattery, Anthony Mackie, Terence Stamp, Michael Kelly
Rating:  8 out of 10, really interesting love story set in New York City with a heavy dose of science fiction.  Damon and Blunt make a very appealing couple and have real chemistry with each other.  It was nice to see Blunt allowed to show a little bit of personality instead of playing a wan, English waif as she is all too often cast as.  Damon is really growing into a superb actor and is pitch perfect as the flawed but idealistic politician haunted by a lost love.  He is inadvertently allowed to see the adjusters at work and spends the rest of the movie trying to get Blunt back.  I really liked the theme of love conquering ambition.  The final chase through the doors which open at random places all over NYC was a lot of fun.  Seeing the adjusters forced to adjust on the fly was exciting and added a lot of tension.  Mackie, as Damon’s sympathetic adjuster is an extremely interesting actor - I think we're going to see some very good things from him in the future - boatloads of talent.  This movie is based on a Philip Dick short story.  So many great movies have been generated from this talented sci fi writer who died too young that there must be a team from Hollywood burrowing through his unpublished work to find even more gems.  A lot of people didn't like this movie and I think its because of the heavy science fiction.  If you love sci fi (guilty) and romance you're going to love this movie.
MVP:  Damon as earnest young David Norris pursuing a hopeless love that carries a potentially tragic price