THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (2011)***

(focus on politics, free will vs. fate)

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Contains 14 movie quotes & 18 Academic Words (AWL*).
In a story that dramatizes the question of whether or not we have free will, politician, David Norris (Matt Damon) and ballet dancer, Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt) fall in love only to be told by a "higher power"  that this romance is not their fate.  They must find a way to make sense of what it means to adjust and reset, and they must never lose faith in each other if they are ever going to have control of their own destinies in this run-for-your-life supernatural romance. Rated PG-13 (106 min..) mike laib 2011.

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