Atonement Reviews
ComingSoon.net
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.
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| Original Score: 8/10
Matt's Movie Reviews
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.
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| Original Score: 4/5
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| Original Score: 7/10
Boston Phoenix
Director Joe Wright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton tap into the underlying passion and pathos from which all the absurdity, irony, and poetry follow.
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| Original Score: 3/4
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
Ranks among the best films of the year.
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| Original Score: 9/10
Three Movie Buffs
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.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Bullz-Eye.com
Atonement may look and sound like a Best Picture candidate, but that's all Wright's doing.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Top CriticJoe 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.
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.
ReelzChannel.com
As beautiful as it is thought-provoking and soulful.
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| Original Score: 9/10
7M Pictures
not a Jane Austin story, but it could be, if Jane Austin hardened up her subject matter a bit
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Film Experience
Few films this year were as magnificent looking and few as misunderstood.
Peterborough This Week
Director Joe Wright is quickly establishing himself as a powerhouse adapter of period romance tomes.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Las Vegas CityLife
the film actually transcends the novel at times, due in no small part to Seamus McGarvey's fluid camera work.
Washington City Paper
Ronan has a remarkably self-possessed, haunted quality that would be impressive for a newcomer of any age.
The Scorecard Review
...This leads to one of the best romances of the year. The problem comes when an older Briony attempts to atone for her misdeeds.
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| Original Score: 7/10
Nolan's Pop Culture Review
Wright's camera takes you on many memorable journeys, none as great as an incredible five minute tracking shot in which the scene never cuts away
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Colorado Springs Gazette
Atonement exquisitely captures the essence and nuance of the page and translates it to the screen with breathtaking originality.
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| Original Score: 8/10
