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He says David was not supposed to see Elise a second time, so he destroys the card with her phone number on it, and then he releases David, warning him that his memory and personality will be erased if he tells anyone about what he has learned. Three years later, David spots Elise on the street.
- $127.9 million
- Thomas Newman
- $50.2 million
Sep 19, 2023 · However, when David accidentally stumbles upon their secret operations, he becomes determined to defy their control and pursue his love for Elise. As the film reaches its climax, David discovers that he has been given a choice – either to be with Elise and live an uncertain life filled with obstacles or to let her go and continue following ...
Mar 3, 2011 · This second encounter – truly one of chance – reignites David’s feelings, leaving him obsessed and enthralled, and it’s their budding romance that starts to shatter the Adjustment Bureau’s perfect record. Even after they abduct and explain the nature of things to David, that he was never meant to fall for Elise, he still pursues her.
Mar 15, 2011 · In fact, as David says to Thompson, the nasty Calvinist agent; “All I have are my choices, and I choose her [Elise], regardless of the consequences” (or something close to this). This is the ultimate test: will we choose to love, even if doing so means we must defy [apparent] fate and court disaster?
Mar 3, 2011 · He tries to flee but is caught by the interlopers, one of whom, Richardson (John Slattery), explains that by meeting Elise, David is not following their plan.
- George Nolfi
Mar 4, 2011 · David promises not to reveal what he saw, until his memory of Elise overcomes his caution. He might be a brother to the Paul Rudd character in James L. Brooks’s How Do You Know, who believes that “We are just one small adjustment away from making our lives work.” David’s adjustment is to buck the Adjustment Bureau and escape with Elise.
There are repeated suggestions that, as David spends most of the film chafing at the restrictions of the Plan and pushing back against the Agents determined to keep him from Elise, the Chairman may secretly be on David’s side, not the Agents’. Why did David catch the bus he was meant to miss? Why did the Agents fail to prevent him?
