Atonement Reviews

Atonement's goal is so ephemeral that film may not be able to do it complete justice. All that said, it's still a fantastic piece of craftsmanship, benefiting from loving direction and excellent performances.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10

An epic, grandiose, and immensely sad film, Atonement is an extremely well crafted, visually rich love story set during a tumultuous time of war, where two impassioned characters are forever torn apart by the selfish jealousy of another.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

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

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

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

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Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

Players outshine the script

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Director Joe Wright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton tap into the underlying passion and pathos from which all the absurdity, irony, and poetry follow.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Ranks among the best films of the year.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10

It's a romantic epic, set in the past, featuring some beautiful imagery, high drama and terrific performances from its small, all British cast. It's also (which isn't always a given when it comes to Best Picture contenders) a great movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

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.

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Atonement may look and sound like a Best Picture candidate, but that's all Wright's doing.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

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.

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As beautiful as it is thought-provoking and soulful.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10

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

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

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

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[U]ltimately, the movie amounts to rolling lawns, lovely costumes, and characters that simply fail to resonate.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Director Joe Wright is quickly establishing himself as a powerhouse adapter of period romance tomes.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

At some points Wright appears to be simply showing off the dexterity of his visual ambitions to the detriment of the story's emotional core.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

the film actually transcends the novel at times, due in no small part to Seamus McGarvey's fluid camera work.

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Ronan has a remarkably self-possessed, haunted quality that would be impressive for a newcomer of any age.

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