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...movie “Pride and Prejudice.” In “Atonement,” screenwriter Christopher Hampton works by exclusion, keeping most of the dialogue and nearly all of plot points the same. The expert casting and skilled performances, particularly by James McAvoy and Keira Knightley, accordingly channel the novel’s characters to the screen. The story begins on the Tallis estate on a summer day in 1935. There, 13-year-old Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan), a fledgling writer, witnesses and misinterprets a flirtation between Cecilia (Knightley) and Robbie (McAvoy...
...scarf. I looked pleased, though others in the picture seemed confused. These days, not particularly love-lorn, I am forced to dabble in scarves again because of my slavish devotion to trends. Scarves have recently been featured on the cover of Vogue, draped around a rather sour-looking Keira Knightley. In France (and in more hipster-ish parts of the United States) it has even become popular to wear a scarf advocating Palestinian liberation, which I must say is very chic and somewhat ironic. The scarves of today, however, are very different than the weaselly scarves of yesteryear. They...
Starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley,Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai ,Vanessa Redgrave. Directed by Joe Wright. Opens...
...heat of thissummer day in 1935 that brings emotions to a boil; it's the erotic humidity. Two sisters in an upper-class English family are about to have their lives changed: lovely Cecilia (Knightley), by surrendering to a long-simmering attraction to the housekeeper's son (McAvoy); and 13-year-old Briony (Ronan), by catching them in the act of first love. Briony is intellectually precocious, sexually naive. The inferences she makes from what she's seen--and the vengeful uses she puts them to--open wounds that will take decades to heal...
...things science fiction. Over the course of the year the group shares their life problems while struggling to understand how Austen would approach a modern world. While anyone with rudimentary knowledge of Austen’s works will delight in seeing a big-screen discussion of whether Mr. Knightley lacks passion, there is a certain dampness to the screenplay that doesn’t quite bring these characters to life. Blunt, Bello, and Brenneman are strong actresses, but clunky dialogue wastes their talents. While they all do their best to make the audience sympathize with their characters, the forced lines...