As a 13-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.
A film that instantly joins the ranks of the great screen romances.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Dec 2007
fresh:
One of the few adaptations that gives a novel the film it deserves.
– Kenneth Turan,
Newsday,
14 Jan 2008
fresh:
Atonement's extraordinary qualities outweigh any quibbles.
– David Fear,
Time Out New York,
18 Jan 2008
fresh:
Atonement is a film out of balance, nimble enough in its first half but oddly scattered and ungainly once it leaves the grounds of the Tallis estate.
– Christopher Orr,
The New Republic,
22 Sep 2008
fresh:
Joe Wright directs Atonement with an eye to framing each performance with spectacularly vivid images, including a genuinely breathtaking tracking shot on the bloody, wreckage-strewn beach at Dunkirk.