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The Adjustment Bureau: Another Excuse to Get John Slattery into a Three-Piece Suit

by F. John Rickert March 4, 2011 6:00 AM

I have a mild disgust for nearly every movie based on a story by Philip K. Dick. (Yes, even Blade Runner in all of its various editions.) It isn't because I don't like Dick's stories, it's just that his stories, which are almost always among the best of the sci-fi/fantasy genre, are kind of boring visually. At first, this doesn't seem like it should be true, since most of his work deals with dystopian futures and drug(-like) experiences, but beyond that everyone spends most of their time talking. That's why it's truly unfortunate then that The Adjustment Bureau is set in the present with sober people who spend all of their time talking.

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