Cloud Atlas Fails To Impress. Period.

Rating: 5/10 (26 December 2012)

All the starts that I give is for the music and the CGI or SFX. The plot is too rusty to understand. Yet some plot points are way too chafed and over-clichÃ©d. Cloud Atlas failed to impress me because even though it has my favorite non-linear type of narration, the plot slips into ambiguity. What is the writer trying to prove or convey here? The pivotal thing remains a secret, however.
The cast is good, with some serious acting by Tom Hanks, but Halle Berry quite didn't fill up the cavity which I see as a flaw. The Michael Caine impersonator was funny, though!
It is too long (around 3 hours) to sit and watch plus it doesn't throw any new, inventive or thrilling points for us to consider. Cloud Atlas, boasting as the costliest independent film, is not at all a good movie to enjoy your Christmas, or any other day for that matter. I am fatigued.
WATCH OUT FOR: Huge Weaving's phenomenal performance.
Can be watched with a typical Indian family? 60% NO
Language: No | Sex: Strong | Mouth-Kiss: Yes | Foreplay: Yes | Gore: Yes | Nudity: Strong | Drugs: No