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A 2011 film based on the [[Philip K. Dick]] short story "Adjustment Team".
David Norris ([[Matt Damon]]) is a charismatic Congressman whose campaign for Senate is derailed by a last-minute press leak. He practices his concession speech in the men's room, not realising that he is being overheard by Elise ([[Emily Blunt]]), who is hiding from security in one of the stalls after crashing a wedding. She eventually owns up to being there, and the two have a romantically-charged conversation that ends in a passionate kiss. Afterwards, he abandons his planned speech for a heartfelt and impassioned tirade that propels him to the forefront of public consciousness, earning him strong support for the next Senate election.
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* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|Harry Mitchell warns David that turning the [[Portal Network|door knobs]] counterclockwise is "only for us", then promptly returns to the Bureau building}} by doing just that. Guess what David ends up doing?
** Subverted in the same conversation: {{spoiler|Harry also pointedly tells David not to let go of him until they cross the threshold. Even while frantically running around with an uninitiated [[Muggle]] in tow}}, this never becomes an issue.
* [[Clock King]]: The Adjusters rely on other people adhering to strict schedules, timetables and patterns. When their target starts [[Indy Ploy|to improvise]] (or, worse, one of them fails to act at the exact time prescribed by the plan), a [[Spanner in
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: [[Emily Blunt]]'s red dress from the poster never turns up in the actual film.
* [[Determinator]]: David knows for a fact that there are beings with supernatural powers trying to keep him from Elise. His plan, at the start, is essentially to keep trying until they give up.
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* [[Sharp-Dressed Man]]: All of the bureaucrats. David, much of the time.
* [[Sliding Scale of Free Will vs. Fate]]: Hard to pin down, as "fate" is only fate insofar as the Bureau makes it so, and it is later indicated that the bureaucrats may have free will themselves. People apparently have free will as long as it doesn't interfere with the plan. On the other hand, the Bureau can directly change a person's mind if they need to.
* [[Spanner in
* [[Starter Villain]]: Richardson.
* [[State the Simple Solution]]: {{spoiler|When it is explained that the Adjusters' ability to travel through doors depends on their hats, David immediately suggests that he could knock off the hats of those trying to pursue him.}}
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