What makes something enough to satisfy us, or, sustaining in such a way that we are content—not necessarily comfortable—with the gift or feast that we are given?
The other night, with little convincing, my husband and I watched “The Adjustment Bureau” from 2011, starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. I hadn’t seen the film since it had come out and remembered it as being an entertaining sci-fi action flick.
Based on the Philip K. Dick short story “The Adjustment Team”, the film introduces us to David, an aspiring New York politician on the eve of an election he has just lost. As he’s preparing his speech in the bathroom, a British woman sheepishly steps out of one of the stalls and inspires him with an engaging encouragement and a passionate kiss between two strangers. For the rest of the film, Damon’s character is thwarted by the agents of Fate from being with this beautiful, funny, intriguing woman.
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