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Synopsis: Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue across, under and through the streets of modern-day New York the only woman he's ever loved. On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris (Matt Damon) meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt), a woman like none he's ever known. But just as he realizes he's falling for her, mysterious men conspire to keep the two apart. David learns he is up against the agents of Fate itself, the men of The Adjustment Bureau, who will do everything in their considerable power to prevent David and Elise from being together. In the face of overwhelming odds, he must either let her go and accept a predetermined path... or risk everything to defy Fate and be with her.
Director(s): George Nolfi
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
PG-13
Year:
2011
106 min
$62,453,315
Website
2,389 Views


we associate with

high-priced lawyers and bankers.

If you want to get

a working man's vote,

you need to scuff up

your shoes a little bit.

But you can't scuff

them up so much

that you alienate the lawyers

and the bankers

because you need them

to pay for the specialists back in Tenafly.

So, what is the proper

scuffing amount?

Do you know we actually paid

a consultant $7,300...

Was it $7,300, Charlie?

Nice. What an a**hole.

$7,300, for a consultant to tell us that

this is the perfect amount of scuffing.

He has to spill his coffee

on his shirt by 7:05.

7:
05 at the latest.

I'll get him as soon

as he enters the park.

Can't imagine being on this

guy as long as you have.

... for energy

efficient technologies.

RSR Venture Capital

announced yesterday

that former Congressman David Norris,

would become a senior partner.

Norris led an unsuccessful bid

for Senate last month.

But his concession speech

was considered, by many, to be electrifying

and has made him the obvious front runner

in the 2010 Senate race.

- Investment banker Charles Traynor

founded RSR, -

one of the country's most successful

venture capital firms.

Traynor is a childhood

friend of Norris'

- and was the Chairman of his

Senate campaign. - Hey!

Hey. Tom Frankel from The Journal

is calling you in five minutes.

I just gave him this number.

Give him 3-2-2-7. I'm not

used to this phone yet.

No, I can't. He's going to ask you

about joining the firm.

All business calls have to be done on

a company Blackberry.

- Really?

- Sarbanes-Oxley,

you voted for it, pal. In

fact, you co-sponsored that one.

Yeah, I remember.

Hey, I just

saw you on TV.

- Really?

- Yeah.

What did they say?

You're bald.

Nice.

Yeah, it was weird,

too, because it was a financial show.

But they were really captivated

by your receding hairline.

I got to go,

you jack-off.

Bye.

Congressman.

I have to tell you, I really

admire what you did last month.

Thank you.

I appreciate it.

I wish there were more

politicians like you.

Thank you.

I'm retired now.

I had to go

get a real job.

- You'll do well.

- Thank you.

Hey!

You got a guy

running for the bus.

There is another M6

right behind me.

Hey!

No way.

Sorry.

Oh, my God.

Have we met?

You look vaguely familiar.

- Waldorf men's room.

- You got it.

Were you just staring

at my legs while I slept?

I was defenseless

against the small dress.

It's a skirt.

It's a belt.

What is it with you

and the argyle?

What is the deal with you

and the boring shades of blue?

My clothes match.

Did your team pick

that out for you?

No team. Team is gone.

- Wow.

- I did it all by myself.

I saw your speech.

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George Nolfi

George Nolfi is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He directed the 2011 film The Adjustment Bureau, which he also wrote (adapted from a short story by Philip K. Dick). more…

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