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Atonement

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Owen Gleiberman Variety Jun 1
Atonement comes to a place that, in a lesser film, might appear sentimental but in this one is bracingly real. You can feel the movie burning away the fog of war. Go to Full Review Stephen Dalton The Times (UK) May 20
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 James Mottram Radio Times 1d
4/5
Holbrook and Abbass turn in excellent performances, admirably expressing the emotional and physical pain that both soldiers and civilians must contend with in the aftermath of war. Go to Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) May 23
The shifting perspectives gives the film more depth than your average Iraq war film. Go to Full Review Jara Yáñez Caimán Cuadernos de Cine May 18
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 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
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