Atom Egoyan's 'The Adjuster'

One of Canada's pre-eminent auteur filmmakers, Atom Egoyan has been celebrated internationally, earning multiple awards from the prestigious Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals and an Academy Award nomination. One of his most accomplished and controversial early works, The Adjuster, is a dark drama about the complex and intense relationship between an insurance adjuster and his clients.

In this accessible analysis, Tom McSorley traces the genesis, production, and reception of Egoyan's fourth f...