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Brenda Blethyn, James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan
Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance n...( read more
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Atonement is a great film. Amazing the difference in the lives of Robby, Cecilia and Briony caused by the accusation of rape by Robby. I have always enjoyed historically-based movies, and Atonement does a great job of portraying the early part of WW II before the British are ev...( read more)
A bumbling fool writes a love letter, and then a dirty sex letter, and accidentally sends his lover the latter. When follows is surprisingly not the next Charlie Chaplin comedy, but the most heartbreaking and amazing movie romance of the year!
a wonderful film, the cinematography and musical score being the strongest points. the performances were pretty good and the diologue solid, the only major downside was the persona's of the characters. ultimately there were very few likeable characters in the film leaving me di...( read more)
Beautiful Cinematography, but I hated most of the characters (sans McAvoy) although the acting was quite good.
Sad movie! I was expecting a completely different ending. The acting was good though.
Nice movie, slow moving about a girl who see something and interprets it wrongly. Things are not as they appear. Then she tries to make things right too late.
This movie at times is indescribable. Atonement is one of the saddest movies I have ever seen. The score alone signifies the ounces of hope that build up but start to fade into nothingness. The scenery, the acting, the music, the everything is atoning and beautiful. I loved th...( read more)
this is what true love is like... amazing film yet again by Joe Wright!!
Hm. Not what I was expecting but that's fortunate because I wasn't expecting anything this good. This movie is done very well -- the MUSIC is fantastic.
