THE ADJUSTER is the sort of film that gives serious cinema a bad name. Elliptical, disconnected and apparently endlessly allusive, its narrative is simultaneously minimalist and impossibly convoluted.
Noah Render (Elias Koteas) is an insurance adjuster; his job requires him to sift through the minutiae of other people's ruined lives and assign a dollar value to their most intimate and invaluable possessions. He frequently engages in sexual liaisons with his clients, all of whom seem to be in a
state of shock. Or so he tells them. Noah's wife Hera (Arsinee Khanjian) works for the Canadian censorship board, and spends her days deciding what sort of material is and...
Released:
1991
Rated:
R
Length:
102 mins