Cloud Atlas
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A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.
What critics thought
Cloud Atlas is one of the most genuinely divisive films of its era — critics who loved it called it visionary and emotionally overwhelming, while those who hated it named it among the worst films of the year. The central argument was whether its interlocking, multi-era ambition adds up to something profound or collapses under its own pretension. Audiences were similarly split, with popular goodwill running somewhat warmer than the critical average suggests.
“One of the most ambitious films ever made ... Even as I was watching Cloud Atlas the first time, I knew I would need to see it again. Now that I've seen it the second time, I know I'd like to see it a third time”
Roger Ebert·rogerebert.com
“an extremely honourable failure, but a failure”
Mark Kermode·BBC Radio 5 Live
“There is a great deal of humbug about art and love in Cloud Atlas, but it is decidedly unlovable, and if you want to learn something about feeling, you're at the wrong movie.”
Nick Pickerton·The Village Voice
“an intense three-hour mental workout rewarded with a big emotional payoff. ... One's attention must be engaged at all times as the mosaic triggers an infinite range of potentially profound personal responses.”
Variety
“At 172 minutes, Cloud Atlas carries all the marks of a giant folly, and those unfamiliar with the book will be baffled”
Henry Barnes·The Guardian
Genres
Drama, Science Fiction
Cast & Crew
DirectorLilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer
StarringTom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess
ComposerReinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer
Cloud Atlas
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.
What critics thought
Cloud Atlas is one of the most genuinely divisive films of its era — critics who loved it called it visionary and emotionally overwhelming, while those who hated it named it among the worst films of the year. The central argument was whether its interlocking, multi-era ambition adds up to something profound or collapses under its own pretension. Audiences were similarly split, with popular goodwill running somewhat warmer than the critical average suggests.
“One of the most ambitious films ever made ... Even as I was watching Cloud Atlas the first time, I knew I would need to see it again. Now that I've seen it the second time, I know I'd like to see it a third time”
Roger Ebert·rogerebert.com
“an extremely honourable failure, but a failure”
Mark Kermode·BBC Radio 5 Live
“There is a great deal of humbug about art and love in Cloud Atlas, but it is decidedly unlovable, and if you want to learn something about feeling, you're at the wrong movie.”
Nick Pickerton·The Village Voice
“an intense three-hour mental workout rewarded with a big emotional payoff. ... One's attention must be engaged at all times as the mosaic triggers an infinite range of potentially profound personal responses.”
Variety
“At 172 minutes, Cloud Atlas carries all the marks of a giant folly, and those unfamiliar with the book will be baffled”
Henry Barnes·The Guardian
Genres
Drama, Science Fiction
Cast & Crew
DirectorLilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer
StarringTom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess
ComposerReinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer
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