OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 7, 2007
BIG BUDGET FILMS Atonement (R for profanity, sexuality and disturbing war images) Decades - spanning romance drama, opening in England in 1935, about the budding relationship between a rich girl (Keira Knightley) and the son (James McAvoy) of her family's maid aborted when he is falsely accused of a crime by her jealous younger sister (Saoirse Ronan).
And while the
film's highlight is clearly a continuous, absolutely jaw - dropping five - minute tracking shot,
Atonement is - from start to finish - one of the most effective
big -
budget epics to come around since 1997's Titanic (it's not quite as stirring as that, however).