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Atonement

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Stephen Dalton The Times (UK) 5d
3/5
Like most first-time directors, Van Dyk sometimes hits flat notes and tonal wobbles, overplaying the sentimentality in places. But he closes on lyrical flourish. Go to Full Review Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com May 18
The final scene of ‘Atonement' is a beauty: an unexpected group of people working together to find what has been lost. Go to Full Review Hannah Strong Little White Lies May 17
While Atonement is fitfully affecting and its heart is probably in the right place, the blinkered approach short-changes its subject, and even a beautiful final shot and a strong ensemble can’t quite offer up enough to compensate. Go to Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) 2d
The shifting perspectives gives the film more depth than your average Iraq war film. Go to Full Review Jara Yáñez Caimán Cuadernos de Cine 6d
Perhaps the closing shot, while highlighting the impossibility of any kind of reparation and, above all, the emptiness of forgiveness, reflects the possibility of encountering the other as a mechanism for continuing to live. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Àngel Quintana Caimán Cuadernos de Cine 6d
Atonement does not offer simple answers, but it does offer a devastating certainty: war does not end when the shooting stops but when the survivors find—or do not find—a way to live with that which can never be repaired. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Reed Van Dyk

Director

Boyd Holbrook

Actor

Kenneth Branagh

Actor

Hiam Abbass

Actor

Reed Van Dyk

Screenwriter

Reed Van Dyk

Producer

Movie Info

Director
Reed Van Dyk
Producer
Reed Van Dyk, Tim White, Trevor White, Steven Demmler, David M. Wulf
Screenwriter
Reed Van Dyk
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English