Keira Knightly

If there are any two things dreaded in the world of cinema, they might be a director's sophomore slump and the "overhyped award trap" of a film. Seeing talent seep through the cracks in their second time amidst the craft can be a very sad sight. A few years prior, director Joe Wright took the historically lauded novel, Pride and Prejudice , and crafted an authentically evocative experience that both stayed true to Jane Austen's potent lyricism and left widespread cinematic eyes enchanted. His freshmen effort into feature-length storytelling was a tremendous success. Atonement , quite contrarily to such hovering curses, is a moving ... Read Full Story

If there are any two things dreaded in the world of cinema, they might be a director's sophomore slump and the "overhyped award trap" of a film. Seeing talent seep through the cracks in their second time amidst the craft can be a very sad sight. A few years prior, director Joe Wright took the historically lauded novel, Pride and Prejudice , and crafted an authentically evocative experience that both stayed true to Jane Austen's potent lyricism and left widespread cinematic eyes enchanted. His freshmen effort into feature-length storytelling was a tremendous success. Atonement , quite contrarily to such hovering curses, is a moving ... Read Full Story

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I am sucker for any movie set during World War II. And I'm a sucker for Keira Knightly ( Pirates of the Caribbean movies ). And had this movie missed any 2 of these elements, it probably would have been one that you could just forget about. In Atonement , Keira Knightly stars as Cecilia Tallis, the older sister of Briony Tallis ( Saorise Ronan , the 13 year-old version of Briony, who absolutely sucks as an actress, as does Romola Garai , the adult who plays the older Briony later in life.) Briony sees several events at their palatial home during the late ... Read Full Story