Atonement (2007)

Though it may seem a little out of place among its competitors in the best picture category, Atonement I predict will be the winner come Oscar night. Not to be dismissed as just a racey period piece, or a throwback to Lilian Hellman, it’s a poignant picture, I mean it comes form Ian McEwen how could it not be. A writers movie it is about perspectives, and while I found some of the cutting forced toward the beginning, it all worked for me in the end, Vanessa Redgrave’s five minute narration at the films conclusion is Oscar worthy in itself. Also not to be missed on the big screen is the whole sequence at the battered French sea-side resort pre-Dunkirk. I’ve never seen WWII look quite like that. A worthy film.