Atonement Reviews

Atonement Review
by Homer Yen
In the summer time, on my bed, I have a light quilt. In the winter time, that has been replaced with a down comforter. What a complete difference the two are. And, much can be said about the dramatically-heavy ¡°Atonement¡±. It is definitely the down...more

Atonement Review
by Mark R. Leeper
CAPSULE: Joe Wright adapts Christopher Hampton's adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel ATONEMENT. What a thirteen-year-old sees happen at an English country house is not really what happened. Her testimony when a crime is...more

Atonement Review
by [email protected]
It's a tricky maneuver, bridging the gravitas of a novel into the film medium. Between The Golden Compass, No Country for Old Men, Beowulf, and I Am Legend, I've committed a lot of words to adaptation this month. Atonement is the finest, however. It is...more

Atonement Review
by [email protected]
a.tone.ment \uh-tohn-muh nt\ n 1 : amends or reparation made for an injury or wrong; expiation. 2 : the act of atoning for a sin or wrongdoing (esp. appeasing a deity). 3 : a film by Joe Wright. more