Fullfiling movie time

Rating: 9/10 (3 August 2008)

I had a fulfilling time with this movie. A fulfilling movie makes you think about many things even after seeing it.
A 13 years old girl Briony has wild imagination always. Even from a single word like "castle" she can imagine many things. This girl makes irrevocable sin through her imagination to her sister Cecilia and her lover Robbie. Finally, she atones for the sin through her further imagination work.
When and how Briony realized the sin of her wrong imagination is not explained well. How much Cecilia understood about the imagination of Briony was not explained well too. However, at the last scene, we know how seriously Briony thought about the atonement, and how carefully all scenes were put together to portray the story.
As for performance, Saoirse Ronan acting as younger Briony, and James McAvoy as Bobby are outstanding.