Reviews: Atonement

Dec 7, 2007 5:20 AM

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Atonement / **** (R)

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"Atonement" (R, 122 minutes) An event on the lawn of an English country house is misinterpreted by a 13-year-old girl, and leads her to a wicked lie that destroys all possibility of happiness her herself, hr older sister (Keira Knightley) and her sister's lover (James McAvoy). Begins in sheer happiness, ventures through the horror of the war in France and London, ends in darkest irony. One of the year's best films, a certain best picture nominee. Rating: Three stars.

The daughter of an upper-class British family (Keira Knightley) falls for a housekeeper’s son (James McAvoy), with tragic results.

	Dec 6, 2007 8:44 PM Review: Atonement Sizzles In A Most Pleasing Manner from Film.com Movie Blog Atonement is great, but it's great like a magic trick in that I'm afraid talking about it, even a little, will disturb your experience. I'd like you to have the same journey I did - not knowing much about it, then perhaps giving it grudging respect midway through before finally succumbing fully to its charms as the final credits roll. This is the sort of film that's constructed to impress an audience without expectations of what it is... or what it's supposed to be. The story, based on Ian…

	Dec 7, 2007 11:10 AM Movie Review | 'Atonement': Lies, Guilt, Stiff Upper Lips from NYT > Movie Reviews by A. O. SCOTT “Atonement” is an almost classical example of how pointless, how diminishing, the transmutation of literature into film can be.