Creative, ambitious, and incredibly entertaining

Rating: Null/10 (22 December 2012)

I didn't expect much from Cloud Atlas. I certainly expected it to be a mess. And it was a sort of mess, but a surprisingly coherent one. It managed to be entertaining and the stories always made sense in their own style. It wasn't the ambitious failure I expected, and that's because I do think the critics were hard on it. It's certainly no Dune, and if anything, I think it's better than The Matrix. I think the whole cast did a great job, and the film is full of memorable scenes and characters. It's definitely easy to forget a lot of what happens in each story, and keep track of everything going on, but for a first time viewing it's better to just enjoy it and immerse yourself in the experience. This is a film that I can see becoming a huge cult classic.