- Release Date: 2008
- Runtime: N/A
- Genre: Drama, Romance, War
- Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Ailidh Mackay, Brenda Blethyn, Julia West ... see all
- Director: Joe Wright
- Plot: 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... Read more
User Reviews
Rates up there with the English Patient
Dec 24, 2008
oliveviewfarm - yahoo.com
Dec 24, 2008oliveviewfarm - yahoo.com
Great young love - love story. Rates up there in regards to acting and bond between characters with the English Patient. I agree, its a sad movie, but what great love movies end well? It shows you how things could have... Full review
Thinking about suicide? This will push you to it!
Dec 15, 2008
sue248soar272 - yahoo.com
Dec 15, 2008sue248soar272 - yahoo.com
I heard the movie was nominated for many awards. I like Keira Knightley. After seeing it: I have NEVER in my life seen a movie with a HORRIFIC ending like this. Devastating! It was like feeling good and interested in the... Full review
get your box of tissues
Nov 12, 2008
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Nov 12, 2008lai_shae - yahoo.com
This is the most heart-wrenching love story that I have ever seen. It also shows how with one small simple choice the whole course of a lifetime can change. This movie is a hard one to watch and an even harder... Full review
There could have not been any 2 more people.......
Oct 25, 2008
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Oct 25, 2008bronzedbabe132000 - yahoo.com
more perfect for this role.................great acting dialoge setting...........very real and raw.....and that sex scene was WOW!!!the whole whisper of i love you gave me chills............the only thing i wish was that there was a bit of wittiness but other than that... Full review
Joe Wright is a brilliant visual Director
Oct 22, 2008
mtchll_edwards - yahoo.com
Oct 22, 2008mtchll_edwards - yahoo.com
Joe Wright who was the man behind the camera in Pride and Prejudice (which also starred Kiera Knightly). His direction is flawless especially for only having done two films, I think this is more of an ambitious and intelligent project on... Full review
happy ending? not the case...
Oct 18, 2008
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Oct 18, 2008elicatis - yahoo.com
this is not a professional review. i was just in the mood for a good love story with my girlfriends...one with passion and kisses, many children after and basicly happy endings. and though the film was great, complet, beautifully shot, painfully... Full review
Good but not Great
Oct 12, 2008
semitar6 - yahoo.com
Oct 12, 2008semitar6 - yahoo.com
Though I did enjoy this movie, my girlfriend totally hated it and it's slow moving pace. Although it does seem to plod in places I enjoyed the story overall. I think this could of been done much better though. Oscar worthy... Full review
Loved It
Oct 09, 2008
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Oct 09, 2008bronni.lavender - yahoo.com
I absolutley loved this movie. The director directed this film amazingly and I have to admitt, I cried at the end. I really loved the whole story of this movie. It was amazing. James McAvoy and Keir5a Knighlty played outstandingly and... Full review
Great & Tragic Love Story. Heartbreaking Twist.
Sep 23, 2008
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Sep 23, 2008haile_baby84 - yahoo.com
I thought this movie was great. Good actors and a good story line. This movie was all about love and deception and about forgiving before it is too late. I would definitely recommend it.... Full review
M13 Reviews
Sep 15, 2008
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Sep 15, 2008m13_trader - yahoo.com
"Atonement" the movie is just as good as the book by Ian McEwan. Yet if you haven't seen the movie, read the book first because they are the same, and in some senses the book is more enjoyable. The movie is... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Mar 08, 2009Christian Science Monitor
The extraordinary range of Atonement suggests....Gripped with terror but driven on by constant attention to the heroic story she's composing, she creeps out to the island temple -....Ian McEwan won the Booker Prize in 1998 for a deadly little masterpiece called "Amsterdam..... ... Full Review
| Nov 20, 2008Killer Movie Reviews
This translation to the screen of the Booker Prize-winning novel by Ian McEwan flawlessly captures the complex and powerful play of emotions that propel the story while annotating it with a visual component that amplifies rather than distracts.
Visual cues are just as strong, adding to the sense of chance that leads to disaster, with Cecilia's hairpin sparkling innocently on a carpet, all but pointing to the library door, which Briony enters at precisely the wrong moment.
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| Nov 05, 2008The New York Times
This charged, hardly unfamiliar atmosphere provides, in the first section of the film, some decent, suspenseful fun, a rush of incident and implication. ... Full Review
| Jul 02, 2008associatedcontent.com
It fits all of their usual requirements..... ... Full Review
| Jul 02, 2008associatedcontent.com
It fits all of their usual requirements.....I didn't hate it because it was a bad film..... ... Full Review
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