Atonement (Widescreen Edition)
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Actor: Brenda Blethyn, Harriet Walter, James Mcavoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse RonanPrimary Contributor: Joe Wright
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 130 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Atonement (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: I really did like the beginning-I swear!
Summary: 2 Stars
The first half of the movie is good. The energy is high--the incorporation of the typewriter with the music in the opening...bravo! Well--done... But trust me, it's downhill from there.
This is the most overrated movie of the year! The best it gets is the preview--all of of the good bits are in the preview. What follows Robbie's (James McAvoy's) "capture"--is depression--followed by more depression--then some hope--and then some more depression.
It also really annoyed me how that little girl still wore that same freaking barrett into her 20s and then into her elderly years!! Okay--that;s just retarded...
And the ending? Don't get me started on the ending! I felt completely jipped! I won't ruin it for all of the poor souls--who insist that even after reading this review--to still waste their precious time on Earth on this movie. But the ending sucks--it's worse then the ending of "No Country for Old Men." Yeah, it's that bad. No, I got it! I got it! It's even worse than the ending of "Contact."
Summary of Atonement (Widescreen Edition)
Director Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice) gives Ian McEwan's bestselling novel a sumptuous treatment for the screen that should come to be regarded as one of the defining films of the epic romantic drama. Indeed, everything about this film stems from those three words: there is little here that is not epic, romantic, and dramatic, and Atonement is a film that masterfully expresses the overarching sense of adventure and emotion that such stories are meant to convey. In this instance, the story centers around the love story of highborn Cecilia Tallis (Keira Knightley) and housekeeper's son Robbie Turner (James McAvoy, in a star-making turn), in England shortly before World War II. Despite their class differences, they are powerfully attracted to each other, and just as their relationship begins Robbie is tragically forced away due to false accusations from Cecilia's younger sister Briony (Saoirse Ronan). She has a crush on Robbie, too, and after reading a private letter he sent to Cecilia, and then witnessing the first expression of their mutual love but mistaking it for mistreatment, her resentment grows until it leads to her telling the lie that will send Robbie away. Soon World War II breaks out; Robbie enlists and is posted to France, Cecilia is a nurse in London, and Briony, now age 18 and aware of what she has done, tries to atone for her actions--but none of them will be able to get back what they have lost. Knightley and McAvoy are perfectly cast as the young star crossed lovers, and the young Ronan is particularly impressive, but it's clear that the real star of this film is the director. Wright allows Atonement to revel in every moment of its story and each scene is compelling in its own way, but that now famous extended shot with Robbie on the beach at Dunkirk--filmed in one take and sure to be considered one of the great long tracking shots in film history--is the most memorable moment in this remarkable film. Atonement is an excellent example of what can happen when a great book meets great filmmaking. This is one that is not to be missed. --Daniel VanciniStills from Atonement (click for larger image).
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From the award-winning director of Pride and Prejudice comes a stunning, critically acclaimed epic story of love. When a young girl catches her sister in a passionate embrace with a childhood friend, her jealousy drives her to tell a lie that will irrevocably change the course of all their lives forever. Academy Award? nominee Keira Knightley and James McAvoy lead an all-star cast in the film critics are hailing "the year's best picture" (Thelma Adams, US Weekly).
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