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Atonement
Period drama
2hrs. 03 mins.
December 21st, 2007
MPAA:R for disturbing war images, language and some sexuality
Focus Features
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Starring: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley,Saoirse Ronan, Brenda Blethyn, Juno Temple,Benedict Cumberbatch, Romola Garai
Directed By: Joe Wright
Produced By: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster
Screenplay By: Christopher Hampton. Based on Ian McEwan's novel
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Reviewed
By: Wellington Lee
Rated 2.85/5
In a Nutshell:Set on the Tallis family estate in late 1930's pre-war Britain. The younger Tallis, highly imaginative Briony(Ronan), sabotages her older sister's(Knightley) sudden love affair with the housekeeper's son Robbie.She tries to make amends to her now estranged, London posted,nurse sister Cecilia.The lovers hold onto their letters and memories,hoping to survive and be reunited. But Britain's 1940's War against Germany,takes over their lives. Brilliantly staged to emphasize the imagination of young writer Briony in the first act; contrasting with the gruesome realities of Robbie's War, and the Brits 1940 retreat from the continent, to the beaches of Dunkirk. Powerful career follow up and adaptation, for Dir Wright, and screenwriter Hampton. |
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