Atonement

Director: Joe Wright

Cast: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Brenda Blethyn, Vanessa Redgrave, Juno Temple, Patrick Kennedy, Benedict Cumberbatch

(Focus Features, 2007) Rated: R

US DVD release date: 18 March 2008 (Universal)

[7 December 2007]

by Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters Film and TV Editor

Longings

The lingering deaths of soldiers and the lost causes they embody serve as tragic backdrops to the less compelling plot points embodied by Briony and her characters.
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