I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy.

Atonement is a 2007 film adaptation of Ian McEwan's critically acclaimed novel of the same name, directed by Joe Wright, and based on a screenplay by Christopher Hampton.

GRADING :

Visual: A

Content: C

Acting: D

SYNOPSIS : The film is comprise of four parts, like in the novel of the same name.

Told from the point of view of Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan), an aspiring writer 13-year-old from a new rich English family. From the beginning, it is obvious that Briony has crush on Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), the son of their housekeeper. He likes Briony's older sister Cecilia (Keira Knightley). Lola Quincey (Juno Temple), their cousin is raped by a man outside the house in the woods. Briony sees the man but because she is angry and jealous of her sister, she insists that she "knows who did it"; that is, who raped Lola, and that that man is Robbie.

The rest of the movie is about three and a half years after, during the Second World War. Everything being about the obstacles that Robbie and Cecilia have to over come to be happy, since they are in love with each other.

Briony tells the story of all that they suffer to be together during the War.

CONTINUED...

REVIEW : The movie is your typical love story against all odds. The rich girl falls in love with the poor boy. They love each other, but cannot be together because of a problem or "family". Someone get in between them and they go separate ways. Nonetheless, they never forgot about each other and are still waiting to see the other once again thinking that things might be different after years have passed. They see each other again and are happy again, but not for long until the end of the film, were they are connected in a deeper sense.

As you can tell, I did not like the film

I do not understand why it was so big and critically acclaimed.

If you liked the NOVEL, you might like it. If you like a predictable love story, you might like it.

The film is 123 minutes long, so it is not as easy to watch it and then find out you do not like it.

It is up to you if you want to watch it, consider yourself WARNED



PROBLEMS: I wanted to love this film, I really did. Nevetheless, I did not like the acting. I am a fan of James McAvoy's work, but this film was not for my taste.

I will that the biggest problem with this movie was the acting. I found Saoirse Ronan fake and annoying. I just hated the way that the actress performed. Nonetheless, the worse, in my opinion, was the relationship between Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. I did not buy that they were in love. I bought the fact that they were attracted to each other, PHYSICALLY, SEXUALLY, but not EMOTIONALLY.

For a love story to work, you have to see the chemistry between both actors. Even if you have a great script, at the end what matters in the ACTORS that make you believe that story.


SIMILAR FILMS :

Pride & Prejudice (because of the story)

Charlie Wilson's War (chemistry between actors)