Atonement

Name: Atonement
Released: 2007-12-7
Cast: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa Redgrave

Atonement

R
2h 2m
2007

83%

age 16+

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From the award-winning director of Pride and Prejudice comes a stunning, critically acclaimed epic story of love. When a young girl catches her sister in a passionate embrace with a childhood friend, her jealousy drives her to tell a lie that will irrevocably change the course of all their lives forever. Academy Award® nominee Keira Knightley and James McAvoy lead an all-star cast in the film critics are hailing "the year's best picture" (Thelma Adams, US Weekly).

Director:

Joe Wright

Producer:

Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster

Writer:

Christopher Hampton

Cast:

James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa Redgrave, Brenda Blethyn, Juno Temple, Patrick Kennedy

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

83%

Critics 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.

Reviews

Gone With The Twins

Mike Massie

This level of storytelling and artistry is a rare treat, demonstrating director Joe Wright's knack for working with adapted material.

Joe Wright (director) and Christopher Hampton (writer) have not only built an exciting epic from the book, but also provide the visual discovery of an ending that was already outstanding in the novel, but... reaches new heights. [Full review in Spanish]

October 14, 2020

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TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

McAvoy, long an underrated actor and also a Golden Globe nominee, fares even better here as the wrongly accused Robbie.

Where Wright does succeed is in making absolutely lucid McEwan's fascinating central theme of atonement.

Every bit as emotionally affecting as it is visually sweeping.

July 6, 2019

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Common Sense Media

age 16+

Common Sense Says

Stellar literary adaptation too mature for kids.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Atonement is an adaptation of Ian McEwan's best-selling novel set in pre-WW II England. It deals with themes -- including adolescent immaturity, class differences, lying, and passion -- that are too complex for all but the most mature teens to really be able to grasp and put in context. There are a couple of sexual situations, and the extended scene of the evacuation from Dunkirk is bloody and disturbing. A particular "bad" word ("c--t"), used out of desire instead of anger, is shown in typeface several times throughout the film. Other language includes "s--t" and "f--k"; there's also social drinking and period-accurate smoking.