Atonement
What happens when fledgling reporter Briony Tallis accuses her sister's lover he did not commit thereby changing the course of human lives.
26 August 1977, London, England, UK
28 February 1971, Redbridge, Essex, England, UK
30 January 1937, Greenwich, London, England, UK
17 December 1960, London, England, UK
31 July 1988, Oxfordshire, England, UK
June 28, 2009
Players outshine the script
January 14, 2008
One of the few adaptations that gives a novel the film it deserves.
October 18, 2008
Joe Wright directs Atonement with an eye to framing each performance with spectacularly vivid images, including a genuinely breathtaking tracking shot on the bloody, wreckage-strewn beach at Dunkirk.
July 07, 2010
An epic, grandiose, and immensely sad film, Atonement is an extremely well crafted, visually rich love story set during a tumultuous time of war, where two impassioned characters are forever torn apart by the selfish jealousy of another.
January 29, 2008
Sweeping, showy, and stiff, Joe Wright's adaptation of Ian McEwan's pedigreed bestseller traffics in florid staging and callow emotions.
August 27, 2009
Figurines in a teacup set, shipped over in boxes labeled 'For your consideration'
December 20, 2007
A film that instantly joins the ranks of the great screen romances.
July 27, 2009
Frustratingly uneven, struggling to maintain momentum as it lurches through extended lulls and indulges in cliched genre affectations.
January 18, 2008
Atonement's extraordinary qualities outweigh any quibbles.
July 15, 2009
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December 28, 2010
Atonement's goal is so ephemeral that film may not be able to do it complete justice. All that said, it's still a fantastic piece of craftsmanship, benefiting from loving direction and excellent performances.
September 22, 2008
Atonement is a film out of balance, nimble enough in its first half but oddly scattered and ungainly once it leaves the grounds of the Tallis estate.
