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Dec 6, 2007 · A moment that destroys all joy in three lives. The daughter of an upper-class British family (Keira Knightley) falls for a housekeeper s son (James McAvoy), with tragic results. "Atonement" begins on joyous gossamer wings, and descends into an abyss of tragedy and loss.
Dec 7, 2007 · Directed by Joe Wright. Drama, Mystery, Romance, War. R. 2h 3m. By A.O. Scott. Dec. 7, 2007. Joe Wright’s “Atonement” begins in the endlessly photogenic, thematically pregnant interwar period.
Dec 7, 2007 · This sweeping English drama, based on the book by Ian McEwan, follows the lives of young lovers Cecilia Tallis (Keira Knightley) and Robbie Turner (James McAvoy).
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Atonement is a 2007 romantic war drama film directed by Joe Wright and starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai, and Vanessa Redgrave. It is based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Ian McEwan. The film chronicles a crime and its consequences over the course of six decades, beginning in the 1930s.
Jan 11, 2008 · Atonement: Directed by Joe Wright. With Saoirse Ronan, Ailidh Mackay, Brenda Blethyn, Julia West. Thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Dec 7, 2007 · Atonement spans several decades. In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination.
Sep 3, 2007 · Ian McEwan's acclaimed novel Atonement arrives with stately grandeur on the big screen, keeping that same sense of dreamy otherworldliness and unsettling nervous energy.
Dec 7, 2007 · Atonement Review. A powerful epic about love, war and redemption. makes you thankful for DNA evidence, as it could have spared the main characters of this Joe Wright-directed drama...
Dec 7, 2007 · As faithfully adapted by director Joe Wright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton from Ian McEwan's acclaimed novel, Atonement is a film out of balance, nimble enough in its first half...
Metacritic reviews. Atonement. 85. Metascore. 36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com. 100. Newsweek David Ansen. No two-hour film could ever capture all the riches of McEwan's masterly novel. But Wright and Hampton's Atonement comes tantalizingly close, while adding sensual delights all its own. 100. Rolling Stone Peter Travers.
