Fresh
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.
Bob Mondello, NPR.org
Atonement
Torn apart by betrayal. Separated by war. Bound by love.
2007 · 2h 3m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Joe Wright
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Joe Wright Director
- James McAvoy as Robbie Turner
- Keira Knightley as Cecilia Tallis
- Romola Garai as Briony- 18 years old
- Saoirse Ronan as Briony Tallis (Age 13)
- Vanessa Redgrave as Briony Tallis (Age 77)
- Brenda Blethyn as Grace Turner
- Juno Temple as Lola
- Benedict Cumberbatch Cast
- Harriet Walter Cast
- Alfie Allen Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Christopher Orr, The New Republic
Fresh
Atonement's extraordinary qualities outweigh any quibbles.
David Fear, Time Out New York
Fresh
One of the few adaptations that gives a novel the film it deserves.
Kenneth Turan, Newsday
Fresh
A film that instantly joins the ranks of the great screen romances.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
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