Very Modern

Rating: 8/10 (24 January 2008)

Watching this film in a Multiplex cinema was certainly a very unique experience. I believe that it looses much of its scope on DVD or on a small screen TV (I watched it on a plane ride for the second time.) This is one of those films that must be watched more than once in order to fully grasp the symbolism and undertones presented in it. After watching Atonement, one gets the impression that the director and screenwriter have been very faithful to the book on which the film is based on. The continuous use of flashbacks gives the plot much needed development. All in all, it is a thoroughly modern film, sometimes perhaps a bit too modern for the time period it attempts to portray.