Very much deserved winner of the Oscar for 'Best Picture'

Rating: 8/10 (14 March 2008)

Even after reading a lot of good reviews for the film, it actually took me a while to convince myself to even watch it. Basically because it is a period piece in which I am not that big of fan of. Embarrassed to say it but I very much enjoyed 'Pride and Prejudice' as well. Another film starring the very beautiful and talented Keira Knightley. While watching the film, I had a lot of mixed emotions: sadness, disappointment, disgust, anger, and just about any other type of emotion that can be conjured. Not of the movie itself, but of the characters and how they are being portrayed. In that case the actors did an excellent job, and its certain that James McAvoy is an up and coming star. It is very hard for me to describe this film in such a way to express the impact that it has had on me--not that life changing type of deal--but of how it kept me thinking about it even a couple of days after watching it. Although as soon as I finished watching the film, I thought that the film was horrible. But those couple of days of thinking about it I began to realize that it was the complete opposite of that. I highly recommend watching 'Atonement' based on great performances and a great story. I warn you, if you can't appreciate a tragedy and the fact that there aren't always happy endings, then this film is probably not for you.