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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 158 reviews)
Sales Rank: 114
Category: DVD
Actors: Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, James Mcavoy, Romola Garai, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: Joe Wright
Publisher: Universal Pictures UK
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
Label: Universal Pictures UK
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 118 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050582532517
ASIN: B000YGHBWU
Release Date: February 4, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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 Great story - well told April 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having read the book prior to seeing the film I was absorbed by the accurate portrayal of the plot and emotions in the early stages. My wife, not having read the book, found it a bit slow going.
With the evil deed established the film stuck to the plot in great sympathy to the book.
The scenes of Dunkirk were dark and frightening. The musical score at this stage was truly brilliant with the orchestral background blending magically with the troops singing.
This film will not raise your spirits. It is a sad yet very fufilling ending.
The acting and direction is faultless. Overall this is great piece of cinema art, perhaps not to everyone's taste. It's the sort of serious work that I could watch several times over.
Could do better April 18, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Wonderfully filmed, but the story moved a little too slowly for my liking. I do not think each of the characters was developed enough, and there could have been more depth into their feelings. Not as amazing as the critics raved about, but definitely one to see to make up your own mind!
 Atonement April 16, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
There's no doubt, surely, that this was a beautifully crafted, styled and produced film with a musical score to match. All the actors played their parts very well, and generally speaking the finished product is a breath of fresh air compared to the tedium of most big-budget movies these days. A return to how they used to make them, if you like.
But I couldn't help thinking that the whole story pivots on the spontaneous actions (accusations, in fact) of a 13 year old girl. She deliberately points the finger of blame upon the wrong man - and if she had not, well, maybe this film would not have been made. And since the very title of the film is supposed to represent her efforts to atone for her sins, then it must be said that we see rather little of them, and I was only mildly moved by her confessions both as an 18 year old and as a much more elderly lady. There was something missing, I felt that the atonement lacked substance and I found myself caring little as to how she might make efforts to redeem herself because she was clearly not a character that many viewers will care for anyway. But there is a touching love story, built, it might be said, upon the foundations of lust rather than romance, and the efforts made by the director and cast to pull on our heartstrings during the lovers' separation (during WW2) were slightly at odds, I felt, with what I thought was a somewhat light and shallow relationship that had been painstakingly filmed earlier on. I haven't read the novel but I'll bet that in this crucial area it is a lot more convincing. The books always beat the films!
 Does not live up to the hype April 16, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was very disappointed with this movie. It promised much but delivered little, confusing plot, but very well acted.
Not a film I would watch again.
Despite Keira's presence this is well worth watching April 15, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
If like me, you think that Keira is very much over rated, don't be put off by her presence in this film, her role does not make nor carry the film (I am at a loss as to why she gets such a high billing ). The atmosphere and emotional story are brilliantly portrayed by the three actresses playing Briony and James McAvoy playing Robbie. There is little point in repeating the plot but I will say that the pace does not falter, the way the film knits together imagination and reality is powerful and one certainly experiences the mental anguish felt by Briony.
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