We are all connected......

Rating: 10/10 (1 February 2013)

Cloud Atlas, is the only brilliant film I've seen this year. Watching this was a spiritual experience, and fulfilled everything I expect from a film. Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Ben Whishaw, the entire ensemble, give some of the very best performances this year. The editing, art direction, cinematography, and the rest of that fabulous tech team, do a stellar job. In fact, imo, Broadbent gives the best performance of the year.His scenes with Whishaw are easily the best I've seen all year.
Compare this to what AMPAS has given us this year as Best Picture, and I can only shake my head at how easily herded voters are. Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski brothers continue to astound this viewer, with their creativity, daring, and courage. Hollywood, they're not. And thank gawd for that.
Highly recommended.