Directed by: Joe Wright
Starring: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan
My sister has been going on about this ever since she read the book for her English coursework. She went crazy when she realized a film was coming out but never actually went to see it in the cinema due to other circumstances. She finally got the DVD when she preordered from Play and demanded that we all watch it.
I did and thought that, even though it's not my kind of film, it's quite good.
The direction is excellent and it's no surprise that this film is nominated for so many awards.
Keira Knightley plays Cecilia, the eldest sister out of two and one of the main characters, who falls in love with Robbie (James McAvoy).
Obviously, there are no nice stories in literature anymore so this film is as obvious as Romeo and Juliet is. Briony (Ronan), Cecilia's younger sister, sees her sister and Robbie speaking by the fountain outside when she sees him shout something at her before she strips off her over-garments and jumps into the water. The sister misinterprets everything she sees, hears and reads throughout the first half until she accuses Robbie of raping her cousin and he is taken to prison. Cecilia is distraught and leaves her family while Robbie can either stay in prison or join the army (it's set around 1932).
I'm not going to ruin anymore, so either read the book or watch the film to find out the rest.
All the actors are superb, especially Saoirse Ronan who somehow draws in the audience without speaking but with her eyes. McAvoy does a great job also and it's weird to see someone who was in Shameless to play a posh guy in the 1930's.
I'm not saying that I don't think that this film is amazing, because it is, but it's just not my favourite genre.
90%
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