THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU is pretty much Adam and Eve + THE MATRIX. There's a lot of stuff happening which talks about the idea of free will but then it's based on a Phillip K. Dick short story so that's only to be expected. What kills me about stories like this is how they never just ASK THE WOMAN WHAT SHE THINKS. I mean, the hero
eventually gives her enough information (barely) and then offers her a choice while standing at the base of the Statue of Liberty (get it? Liberty? Choice? Free will? Get it? Was that subtle enough?) but if he had asked earlier it would have saved a lot of trouble and heartache. Sure it wouldn't have been as dramatic an ending and we wouldn't have gotten pretty shots like the photo above but I can still wish for things. Let's just call it an exercise of
my free will.
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