Atonement

4.80
    Atonement
    2007

    Synopsis

    As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

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    Cast

    • James McAvoyRobbie Turner
    • Keira KnightleyCecilia Tallis
    • Saoirse RonanBriony Tallis (Age 13)
    • Romola GaraiBriony Tallis (Age 18)
    • Vanessa RedgraveBriony Tallis (Age 77)
    • Brenda BlethynGrace Turner
    • Juno TempleLola Quincey
    • Benedict CumberbatchPaul Marshall
    • Harriet WalterEmily Tallis
    • Alfie AllenDanny Hardman

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Newsweek

      No two-hour film could ever capture all the riches of McEwan's masterly novel. But Wright and Hampton's Atonement comes tantalizingly close, while adding sensual delights all its own.
    • 100

      Rolling Stone

      Nothing in Joe Wright's screen version of Ian McEwan's dense, internalized 2001 novel of secrets and lies should really work, but damn near everything does. It's some kind of miracle. Written, directed and acted to perfection, Atonement sweeps you up on waves of humor, heartbreak and ravishing romance.
    • 100

      Variety

      Rarely has a book sprung so vividly to life, but also worked so enthrallingly in pure movie terms, as with Atonement, Brit helmer Joe Wright’s smart, dazzlingly upholstered adaptation of Ian McEwan’s celebrated 2001 novel.
    • 100

      Empire

      Gorgeous cinematography, a lilting score and near-faultless performances, under Wright’s assured direction, make this the first contender for next year’s Best Picture Oscar.
    • 88

      ReelViews

      Atonement is effective at getting under the skin, and some audience members won't like that.
    • 88

      Chicago Tribune

      Hampton and Wright have been more than sensible when it comes to Atonement. They’ve responded intuitively to a tale that is half art and half potboiler, like so many stories worth telling.
    • 75

      Entertainment Weekly

      In the end -- an ending of such power and narrative originality (in both book and movie) that those who know it ought never breathe a word to those who don't.
    • 70

      New York Magazine (Vulture)

      Atonement works reasonably well as a tragic romance, but that sting is dulled. As a book, it was a blow to the head; as a movie, it’s an adaptation of a book.

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