Cloud Atlas

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Cloud Atlas

R

2012

2h 52m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

Sci-Fi

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Actors (Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent) take on multiple roles in an epic that spans five centuries. An attorney harbors a fleeing slave on a voyage from the Pacific Islands in 1849; a poor composer in pre-World War II Britain struggles to finish his magnum opus before a past act catches up with him; a genetically engineered worker in 2144 feels the forbidden stirring of human consciousness -- and so on. As souls are born and reborn, they renew their bonds to one another throughout time.

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Critics Consensus

Its sprawling, ambitious blend of thought-provoking narrative and eye-catching visuals will prove too unwieldy for some, but the sheer size and scope of Cloud Atlas are all but impossible to ignore.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

03/23/2022

3.5/4

I was hypnotized by Cloud Atlas.

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Brandy Howard

Autostraddle

08/31/2021

[There's'] far too many actors in this town to have to bother paying Tom Hanks $100,000,000 and putting him in nine hundred scenes as different ethnicities and races.

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Julie Goldman

Bitch Media

08/31/2021

There were so many prosthetic noses.

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Allison Rose

FlickDirect

Dec 28

3.5/5

Cloud Atlas remains an ambitious, cast-driven epic whose scope impresses even when its structure overwhelms.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Dec 20

3/4

The problem with many films offering multiple storylines is that interest ebbs and flows as the picture moves from one saga to the next. Cloud Atlas is unique in that all six stories are accorded equal weight and manage to maintain interest.

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Michael Cuby

them.

10/03/2022

Cloud Atlas tells a huge story in ways that often felt personal and small.

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Brian M

@RT47534193 18h

Demands your attention which for some viewers may be a challenge. In spite of some less than convincing race and gender altering makeup, the actors do manage to thoroughly inhabit each character. In spite of its flaws it rewards the viewer with new revelations upon repeat viewing.

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Eric M

@EricMcD123 May 10

Utter drivel. My wife went to bed, and I stayed out of incredulous curiosity. Nonsensical, tedious and pretentious. Feels like a 5 hour movie.

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S D

@RT66170397 Apr 20

Very underrated, 66 percent is crazy IMO, not to mention it was a box office bomb. It's probably one of the best films of the 2010s.

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El M

@El_Maxo Apr 9

Amazing cast, clearly a big budget, bizarre and way too long of a movie considering the only profound point is "reincarnation is real." Cloud Shatlas.

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Yash B

@yashbansal Apr 6

There is absolutely no denying the scope, vision, and scale of a film like "Cloud Atlas." This is a movie I had heard very polarizing things about over the years, but never got around to seeing until now. I think it is a fascinating journey, and the different stories all brought something. I do think I liked some of the stories more than others. I also felt the way the movie would jump from storyline to storyline took some getting used to, and it did keep the film from feeling cohesive. I feel like this concept could benefit from a TV series format more than a 3-hour film. Still, there is a lot to enjoy here, and I liked the visual style more than anything. Overall, it is not the most accessible film, and it is messy in a lot of ways, but the sheer ambition from the Wachowskis is commendable, and I think it is worth seeing for that reason alone.

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Laurie S

@Karlwinters Mar 6

Very clever with a multi story, some of which were better than others and great acting.

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Synopsis

Actors (Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent) take on multiple roles in an epic that spans five centuries. An attorney harbors a fleeing slave on a voyage from the Pacific Islands in 1849; a poor composer in pre-World War II Britain struggles to finish his magnum opus before a past act catches up with him; a genetically engineered worker in 2144 feels the forbidden stirring of human consciousness -- and so on. As souls are born and reborn, they renew their bonds to one another throughout time.

Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Tom Tykwer
Producer: Grant Hill, Stefan Arndt, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Lilly Wachowski
Screenwriter: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Tom Tykwer
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: X-Filme Creative Pool, Cloud Atlas Production, Anarchos Productions Inc.
Rating: R (Sexuality/Nudity|Language|Some Drug Use|Violence)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 26, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $27.1M
Runtime: 2h 52m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby A, DTS