atonement........

Rating: 9/10 (15 March 2010)

atonement is a story of love,innocence,war and tragedy.
the story is set in the first world war era and revolve around a girl,her elder sister and her sister's lover which get wrongly accused by her of a crime and shattered their life.
first 15 minutes of the movie were lousy and dull but after that movie turns to a emotional and deeply involving drama. the second part of the movie revolves around first world war. atonement shows real effect of war without showing too much of violence.
direction of the movie was very good,Joe wright did the great job. he brought great performances from all actors.
both Kira knightly and James mcavoy give their career's best performances.
saoisre ronan also give the great performance as a 13 year old sensitive,imaginative but confused girl trying to understand things around her making her own conclusions.such type of role required great involvement and understanding by an actor. Saoisre Ronan have eyes that can speak and she bring that pain and confusion through her eyes. i think her performance was at par to Natalie's performance in Leon.
the cinematography was also very beautifully.the scenes were very pleasant to watch.
soundtrack of movie was also great and added great effect to scenes.
i had never seen a tragedy like atonement,i felt really moved by story. one of the best movie of 2007 and also one of the best movie based on first world war.
i give this movie 9/10.