great adaptation, great film

Rating: 9/10 (5 June 2008)

I'm surprised this movie didn't get more Oscar nods/wins than it did. They took a brilliant novel and distilled and reworked it into a brilliant film, translating the intricacies of McEwan's writing into fab cinematic details, like the use of rewind, the long tracking shot at Dunkirk, and that awesome typewriter clacking fused into the score. Loved how little, older, and oldest Briony all have the mole and pinned hair.
As an adaptation of a literary work, I think this ranks up there with Scorsese's AGE OF INNOCENCE.
Always great to see Vanessa Redgrave, too, in anything.