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Movies.ie Critic Review

We’re firmly in Philip K. Dick territory here, as rising politician David Norris (Damon – and no, not that rising politician) is rehearsing his Senate bid defeat speech in the bathroom when a smooth-talking vision (Blunt) steps out of a cubicle, plants a passionate kiss on his lips, and then promptly disappears. It’s enough to make a man forget about all those strange men in black forever lurking in the background, but it’s another three years before he meets this beauty again…

THE VERDICT: The feature film debut from Ocean’s 13 and The Bourne Ultimatum co-writer Nolfi, this Philip K. Dick adaptation is one of the most tightly-wound and satisfying. Damon’s on familiar ground, and Blunt more than holds hers as the going’s get weird. Manchurian weird. Largely in the latter half a cat-and-mouse movie through the streets and wormholes of New York, Nolfi delivers the thrill of the chase without ever losing sight of the bigger, Big Brother picture (led by a scary Terence Stamp).

Review by Paul Byrne 

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• Currently 3/5 Stars.

User Reviews

• • Currently 3/5 Stars.

  Massman

  

  Enjoyable and a bit random... nice twist on things.

• • Currently 3/5 Stars.

  mart

  

  The on-screen pairing of Matt Damon and Emily Blunt is so winning that you may be willing to overlook the oddly modulating tone of the story that brings them together and then tries to keep them apart

• • Currently 4/5 Stars.

  morris88

  

  The beginning of this film set the scene for a boring same old-same old politician movie, until the surprising love story emerged! I would recommend this to s friend as an easy watching love story with a twist!

• • Currently 3/5 Stars.

  scollonp

  

  Not as good as I thought it was going to be. Had it's moments, be revealed nothing new. Rent, don't buy.

• • Currently 4/5 Stars.

  ___reuben___

  

  Nerds, bring your girls.

• • Currently 3/5 Stars.

  mcclofsky

  

  really enjoyed this , till the end , great chemistry between the leads, and the supporting cast are all good. movie suffers thou because of the adjusters never inspire great fear , and the ending is very poor .

• • Currently 4/5 Stars.

  tetsujin1979

  

  While badly marketed (it's nothing like Inception meets Bourne) this is still an admirable take on a high concept - that, while humanity has free will, there are agents of Fate that will make changes necessary to our environment to ensure the greater good will come to pass.

• • Currently 3/5 Stars.

  Apocryphal

  

  The leads have great chemisrty. Entertaining and worth checking out but ironically falls into a deus ex machina ending.

• • Currently 2/5 Stars.

  TheAngelicDiablo

  

  Blunt holds her own while Damon drowns in a convoluted mess of Hats, Red Tape and Fate.

• • Currently 1/5 Stars.

  weewoo

  

  What a waste of time. Please do not waste your money going to see this pointless movie. The only saving grace is the great chemistry between Emily and Matt but worth going to see. What a shame Matt, a fall grom grace me thinks!

• • Currently 4/5 Stars.

  masonica

  

  A high concept flick that is told in an accessible way. Matt Damon and Emily Blunt's great on-screen chemistry is what keeps your interest in this fun and clever flick. You really get behind their characters and can see why Damon's character would fight destiny to be with Blunt's. A good film for couples that isn't insulting or torturous to either gender.

• • Currently 3/5 Stars.

  ste_

  

• • Currently 3/5 Stars.

  gmiskelly

  

  Very enjoyable and stylishly shot, with excellent chemistry between the two leads. Not amazing but well worth a look

• • Currently 4/5 Stars.

  alanhorkan

  

  Sci-fi romance. The film massively oversells itself with claims on the poster that it is "Bourne meets Inception", not as action packed as the former or as clever and huge in scale as the latter. The film is all the more impressive when you as the work of a first time director. The two leads work well together and but as with other Philip K Dick adaptations an intersting premise is a little bit overstretched. Nonetheless it is a good film well worth a look. I'd recommend it, in fact I'd watch it again.

• • Currently 3/5 Stars.

  Cazlou

  

  Enjoyable film. As mentioned before, the tagline 'Bourne meets Inception' is extremely misleading. It would be more comparable to Fringe, but that's only because of the men in hats. The leads were excellent, it's the first time I've liked Emily Blunt in a film. It's nothing spectacular but an nice, enjoyable, easy-to-follow leave-your-brain-at-the-door type film. I also like how it's given those of us with scatterbrains an excuse for losing our keys! ;)

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