Atonement (2007) - Movie Details
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| Release Date: | December 7, 2007 (Limited) January 4, 2008 |
| On DVD: | March 18, 2008 |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Director: | Joe Wright |
| Writer: | Christopher Hampton |
| Cast: | Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Vanessa Redgrave, Brenda Blethyn |
| Studio: | Focus Features |
| Official site: | filminfocus.com/atonement |
| Running Time: | 123 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for disturbing war images, language and some sexuality. |
Joe Wright, the BAFTA Award-winning director of “Pride & Prejudice,” has reunited with his filmmaking team and his Academy Award-nominated actress, Keira Knightley, for another classic British romance, starring James McAvoy (BAFTA Award nominee for “The Last King of Scotland”) opposite Ms. Knightley. Christopher Hampton (Academy Award winner for “Dangerous Liaisons”) has written the screenplay adaptation of Ian McEwan’s best-selling 2002 novel Atonement. Shot on location in the U.K., the film’s story spans several...
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I am not a God-fearing man, but the heavens are shining down on me today. I told myself not to hype things up too much for the critically acclaimed Atonement, which is continuing to gather strength as a major awards contender. I told myself not to expect too much because I would end up being disappointed, and for just the first couple of minutes, I was. And then Joe Wright, the director of the surprisingly good Pride & Prejudice remake, stepped it up and started throwing punches.
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Anonymous says:
December 26, 2007My wife and I saw Atonement on 12/25/07. my wife loved it, but i was only so-so on the film. To me it was more upstairs-downstairs Brit movie. It could have been cut and made shorter.
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