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Atonement [HD DVD] [2007] | ![Atonement [HD DVD] [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yfHcJjOLL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Joe Wright
Actors: Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, James Mcavoy, Romola Garai, Vanessa Redgrave
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Category: DVD
List Price: £24.99
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 9364
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: HD DVD
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 118 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050582545227
ASIN: B0012OTRQ6
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: March 10, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 A brilliant film May 19, 2008
A. Steele (North Yorks, England.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having read the book, I wondered how this would translate to film. I've got to say that it far surpassed my expectations. This film is a showcase for the HDDVD format, it looks fabulous on a large HD TV. From the opening scenes in the house and gardens to the chaos of the wartime beach, it never fails to impress. I'm shocked at some of the reviews; I found it gripping from beginning to end, and visually stunning. My copy cost about a fiver: a bargain if there ever was one.
 Very good but.... April 22, 2008
Antonio Moncayo (Zaragoza)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is one of the best British films of the year ,some might say the best , and is certainly and International success.
The best thing about the movie is that ,although brave ,is a good adaptation of the book. James Mcevoy provides another impeccable performance matched by Saoirse Ronan and Romola Garai ( watch this two young actresses ) and Knightley ( although she delivers a few good lines she is almost brushed aside but the other actresses ).
The cinematography is excellent and the flavors of a real epic , the scene in Dunkirk alone makes the movie worth watching.
The problem with the movie is the traveling backwards and forward in time which can be annoying , confusing and sometimes pointless .The movie lacks continuity and the final interview in present time takes the viewer away from the 1940's and back to a cold modern TV studio.
Extras. Very interesting Making-of documentary ( goes on for 20 minutes and gives very good insight in locations and filming techniques .
Overall I really enjoyed this movie and certainly would recommend buying it, however I can not give it 5 stars as the back and forth in time destroys a bit of the drama of the story.
4 and a half stars.
hyped, but deservedly so. April 16, 2008
Mr. Timothy Wilton
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
I feel to say this film is massively over-hyped is unfair. I think the beginning and end of this film are excellent, the middle part drags a little more, as in the book, it's a more convoluted piece of plot.
Overall this film if a great piece which gives a believable account of one girls guilt for a simple misconception from her childhood.
If you enjoyed the book you will not be dissappointed, it is very true to the novel.
Solid 4 stars for me.... September 8, 2008
T. Burke (Sheffield, UK)
I think you have to look past the hype and see the film for itself. In that regard, James MacAvoy was as usual superb, and brought his character (Robbie) to life. Saoirse Ronan as the young(est) version of Briony, showed us all of the intensity of a 13-year-old on the cusp of adolescence. Her motivation is clear - she has strong feelings for Robbie, feelings which she cannot express, does not know how to express, but somehow must do; and then she catches her sister and Robbie together, intimately, and it is the resulting bottled-up rage that destroys all three of them.
And what of Keira Knightely? I thought she was convincing. In the first part of the film her dialog is mainly cliches, but that would have been the way her character would have lived: moneyed, privileged, and probably over-educated for the life she will lead. She, too, must express feelings, and she too does not have words, but her actions on that hot afternoon are clear enough. It is Robbie who finds words, shocking words, and it is their revelation that triggers the crisis.
Finally, what of the title? Has Briony 'atoned'? I don't think she did.... people's lives were destroyed and broken, people died because of her action. Writing a book about the events 60 years later, and giving it half-a-happy ending is not atoning; and in Vanessa Redgrave's performance as the eldest Briony giving her apologia, we can see the understanding that nothing can atone for what was done.
doesn't translate well onto the screen April 23, 2008
H. Lacroix (France)
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
I had loved the book which is a superb example of storytelling and I was really looking forward to seeing the film. I was extremely disappointed and I find it difficult to know why.I am no great fan of Keira Knighley, I find she acts in the same way, more or less, whatever the film she is in,but Romola Garai and James Mc Avoy are true actors. Mc Avoy especially is incredible in all his performances so I don't understand why it doesn't work here.I could never feel close to the characters as you do reading the book, their story didn't move me although I had found it effective and poignant on the pages.Is it the way it is filmed by Joe Wright, the director, whose Pride and Prejudice I didn't like either? I am not enough of a film expert to say if the way he chose to film the story ruined it but something is definitely missing...But those who haven't read the book should really give it a try, it is very well written indeed and much more complex and heart-twisting as well as perfectly easy to read.
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