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Atonement (2007)

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Reviews Counted:202

Fresh:167

Rotten:35

Average Rating:7.3/10

Consensus: Atonement features strong performances, brilliant cinematography, and a unique score. Featuring deft performances from James MacAvoy and Keira Knightley, it's a successful adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for disturbing war images, language and some sexuality

Runtime: 2 hr. 3 min.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Theatrical Release: Sep 7, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $50.8M

Synopsis: 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... 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 novel by Ian McEwan. [More]

Starring: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan

Starring: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa Redgrave, Allie MacKay, Brenda Blethyn, Julia Ann West, Harriet Walter, Juno Temple, Charlie Von Simson, Alfie Allen, Patrick Kennedy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Wight, Leander Deeny, Peter McNeil O'Connor, Daniel Mays, Nonso Anozie, Michel Vuillermoz, Lionel Abelanski, Tobias Menzies, Paul Stocker, Alex Noodle, Roger Evans, Bronson Webb, Ian Bonar, Oliver Gilbert, Jamie Beamish, Johnny Harris, Nick Bagnall, Billy Seymour, Neil Maskell, Paul Harper, Gina McKee, Charlie Banks, Madeleine Crowe, Scarlett Dalton, Olivia Grant, Katy Lawrence, Jade Moulla, Georgia Oakley, Alice Orr-Ewing, Catherine Philps, Bryony Reiss, Sarah Shaul, Anna Singleton, Emily Thomson, Michelle Duncan, Kelly Scott, Mark Holgate, Ryan Kiggell, Vivienne Gibbs, Matthew Forest, Richard Stacey, Jay Quinn, Jérémie Renier, John Normington, Jack Harcourt, Ben Harcourt, Tilly Vosburgh, Angel Witney, Bonnie Witney, Webb. Bem, Wendy Nottingham, Anthony Minghella, Roger Hanin, Richard Berry, Gérard Darmon, Christopher Walken, Jill Clayburgh, Jennifer Beals, Jean-François Stévenin, Jean Benguigui, Raúl Dávila, Philippe Sfez, Jim Moody, Robert Escobar, Amidou, Jean-Claude de Goros, Armand Mestral, Anne Berger

Director: Joe Wright

Director: Joe Wright
Screenwriter: Christopher Hampton
Producer: Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, Tim Bevan
Distributor: Focus Features

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Full Review Source: Cinema Autopsy | comment Comment
Jul 7, 2010
Thomas Caldwell
Thomas Caldwell
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Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
Jul 7, 2010
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
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Neil Miller
Neil Miller
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Full Review Source: Movies.com | comment Comment
Jul 7, 2010
Dave White
Dave White
Movies.com

Figurines in a teacup set, shipped over in boxes labeled 'For your consideration'

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
Aug 27, 2009
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

Frustratingly uneven, struggling to maintain momentum as it lurches through extended lulls and indulges in cliched genre affectations.

Full Review Source: Times-Picayune | comment Comment
Jul 27, 2009
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
Times-Picayune

zaslu%u017Euje pohvale, ali ne onakve kakve bi trebao imati ozbiljni kandidat za "Oscara"

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Jul 15, 2009
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
Index.hr

Players outshine the script

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Jun 28, 2009
S. James Wegg
S. James Wegg
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Apr 23, 2009
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
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Feb 27, 2009
Chris Bumbray
Chris Bumbray
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Oct 18, 2008
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Oct 18, 2008
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Oct 18, 2008
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
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Oct 18, 2008
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Oct 18, 2008
Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
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Oct 18, 2008
Jonathan W. Hickman
Jonathan W. Hickman
Entertainment Insiders

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.

Full Review Source: New Republic | comment Comment
Sep 22, 2008
Christopher Orr
Christopher Orr
New Republic
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As beautiful as it is thought-provoking and soulful.

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Sep 2, 2008
Heather Huntington
Heather Huntington
ReelzChannel.com

not a Jane Austin story, but it could be, if Jane Austin hardened up her subject matter a bit

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Aug 17, 2008
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

Few films this year were as magnificent looking and few as misunderstood.

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May 15, 2008
Nathaniel Rogers
Nathaniel Rogers
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