Atonement (2007)

Atonement rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.8/10· 321K votes

Rotten Tomatoes83%

Metacritic85%

TMDb7.635/10· 5K votes

With 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.8/10 on IMDb and 85/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Atonement

A young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

Cast of Atonement

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  James McAvoy

  as Robbie Turner

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  Keira Knightley

  as Cecilia Tallis

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  Saoirse Ronan

  as Briony Tallis (Age 13)

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  Romola Garai

  as Briony Tallis (Age 18)

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  Vanessa Redgrave

  as Briony Tallis (Age 77)

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  Brenda Blethyn

  as Grace Turner

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  Juno Temple

  as Lola Quincey

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  Benedict Cumberbatch

  as Paul Marshall

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  Harriet Walter

  as Emily Tallis

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  Alfie Allen

  as Danny Hardman

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  Jérémie Renier

  as Luc Cornet

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  Anthony Minghella

  as Interviewer

Atonement facts

Budget

$30M

Box office

$131M

Our take on Atonement

Joe Wright's 2007 romantic drama turns on a single, devastating misstep: a young girl irrevocably alters the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. From that false accusation the film traces the long shadow of guilt, lost love and the yearning for the atonement its title promises. Elegant and emotionally precise, it favors period restraint, aching longing and the weight of consequences over easy resolution. Best suited to viewers who love literary, character-driven drama about memory, class and the stories we tell to live with ourselves. If you want a beautifully mounted, heartbreaking tale of regret, this lingers.