The Adjuster (1991)
10/10
a resonant meditation on what's of value within us, around us
14 January 2000
At the center of Egoyan's dark journey into moral and materialistic devastation is Elias Koteas' Noah, the mortal bearing the film's title, carrying its weight -- certainly delivering the goods in what must be considered his finest ninety-plus minutes on film. He never disappoints this viewer (his cameo turn as "the Kisser" in LaGravenese's LIVING OUT LOUD was a landmark in my memory simply as a point of relief, an answered prayer).

Mychael Danna's score and Steven Munro's sound design push THE ADJUSTER past the dream world threshold, unraveling it strand by strand to catch and spin in the viewer's subconscious. This is one you wont shake easily. Egoyan magic.
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