Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "The cast measure up to the material....Knightley's sizzling allure has never been better captured..." 10/01/2007 p.50Uncut
4 stars out of 5 -- "ATONEMENT is serious, sexy, profound, bitter and bold." 10/01/2007 p.129 Empire
5 stars out of 5 -- "An adaptation every bit as good as the novel -- complex, delicate and devastating." 10/01/2007 p.38 Sight and Sound
"Where the film is true to the book's spirit...is in its faith in the power of storytelling, the momentous sweep of history and heartache..." 10/01/2007 p.49 Box Office
"[A] beautifully composed and richly satisfying adaptation of Ian McEwan's modern novel ATONEMENT....So good it redeems our faith in intelligent drama." 12/01/2007 p.57 USA Today
"ATONEMENT the movie is beautifully photographed, and McAvoy and Knightley are excellent." 12/07/2007 Rolling Stone
4 stars out of 4 -- "Written, directed and acted to perfection, ATONEMENT sweeps you up on waves of humor, heartbreak and ravishing romance." 12/13/2007 p.141 Entertainment Weekly
"[The] movie is abundantly attractive, every scene serenely composed..." -- Grade: B 12/07/2007 p.54-55 Los Angeles Times
"An assured and deeply moving work, ATONEMENT is at once one of the most affecting of contemporary love stories and a potent meditation on the power of fiction to destroy and create, to divide and possibly heal." 12/07/2007 Rolling Stone
Ranked #2 in Rolling Stone's "10 Best Movies Of 2007" -- "Christopher Hampton brings Ian McEwan's 2002 novel to the screen with all of its fierce challenges intact." 12/27/2007 p.120 | 
