Atonement (2007)
83 %
Reviews Counted: 193 Fresh: 160 Rotten:33 Average Rating: 7.3/10
Consensus:
Atonement features strong performances, brilliant cinematography, and a unique score. Featuring deft performances from James MacAvoy and Keira Knightley, it's a successful adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel.
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Theatrical Release: Dec 7, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $50,830,581
Synopsis: On a sultry summer day in 1935, an upper-class British family prepares for a dinner party at their country estate. The players: Briony Tallis (newcomer Saoirse Ronan), a precocious preteen writer; her older sister Cecilia (Keira Knightley), Cambridge graduate and femme fatale; Robbie... [More]
Genre: British, Drama, Romance, Young Love, Period Piece, Family Crises, Based On A Novel
Starring: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: Joe Wright
Screenwriter: Christopher Hampton
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster
Composer: Dario Marianelli
Screenwriter: Christopher Hampton
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster
Composer: Dario Marianelli
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not a Jane Austin story, but it could be, if Jane Austin hardened up her subject matter a bit
08/17/08
Not a bad picture by any means, just way too fussy. Ladies will love it.
05/25/08
Few films this year were as magnificent looking and few as misunderstood.
05/15/08
[U]ltimately, the movie amounts to rolling lawns, lovely costumes, and characters that simply fail to resonate.
05/01/08
Director Joe Wright is quickly establishing himself as a powerhouse adapter of period romance tomes.
04/15/08
At some points Wright appears to be simply showing off the dexterity of his visual ambitions to the detriment of the story's emotional core.
03/25/08
the film actually transcends the novel at times, due in no small part to Seamus McGarvey's fluid camera work.
03/17/08
Ronan has a remarkably self-possessed, haunted quality that would be impressive for a newcomer of any age.
03/06/08
...This leads to one of the best romances of the year. The problem comes when an older Briony attempts to atone for her misdeeds.
03/04/08
Wright's camera takes you on many memorable journeys, none as great as an incredible five minute tracking shot in which the scene never cuts away
03/01/08
Atonement exquisitely captures the essence and nuance of the page and translates it to the screen with breathtaking originality.
02/28/08
As a technical achievement, it's one of the better films I have seen this year. The story is old-school overblown and yet it is played so sincerely you hardly notice its old-fashioned fire.
02/16/08
An overly-ambitious, ultimately unsatisfying adaptation of Ian McEwen's best-selling romance novel.
02/09/08
Podrá resultar más o menos bella, triste, fría, conmovedora, romántica, incluso intrascendente, pero sin duda estamos ante una película exquisitamente elaborada por un brillante equipo de artistas.
01/31/08
Atonement has significant themes, tragic circumstances and profound lessons on life and personal responsibility. It's sooooooo booooooring.
01/24/08
The lingering deaths of soldiers and the lost causes they embody serve as tragic backdrops to the less compelling plot points embodied by Briony and her characters.
01/17/08
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