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On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her older sister Cecilia (Kiera Knightley) strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching Cecilia is their housekeeper's son Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), a childhood friend who, along with Briony's sister, has recently graduated from Cambridge.
By the end of that day the lives of all three will have been changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had never before dared to approach and will have become victims of the younger girl's scheming imagination, and Briony will have committed a dreadful crime, the guilt for which will colour her entire life.
Average rating (89 reviews)
Stunning
senzafine88 | 29/08/2008 | See all senzafine88's reviews (3) »
I watched this and it immeadiatly became my favourite romantic film I have ever seen. The acting is sensational, the scenery and cinematography is just beautiful. And the story is so tragic that in my opinion it made for a fantastic film.
I thought Kiera Knightly was a pretty terrible actress until I saw her in this and I quickly changed my mind. Her portrayal of Cecilia Tallis was inspired. Having read the book aswell I do prefer the book and I would say if you want a really thorough understanding of the characters, but the book translated to film really well.
In my opinion this is an absolute must see.
Not sure what all the hype was about!
heatherld | 22/07/2008 | See all heatherld's reviews (2) »
This film was ok...thats about it! The ending wasnt great either, it didnt make sense to me and was all just a little bit silly. I wouldnt really recommend someone to buy it, its one of those watch it if you can borrow it or its there, but i wouldnt go to any more effort for it!
what might have been ?
rbmusicman | 20/07/2008 | See all rbmusicman's reviews (259) »
Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Brenda Blethyn, Vanessa Redgrave, Juno Temple, Betty White & Abbie Cornish | |
15 years and over | |
2007 | |
Widescreen 1.85:1 Anamorphic | |
English - Dolby Digital (5.1) | |
Italian | |
English for the hearing impaired ; Italian | |
2 hours and 10 minutes (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
