Cloud Atlas
The Wachowskis (the Matrix trilogy) join forces with director Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) for a genre and century-spanning epic, showing how the actions of a distant generation can influence another. Adapted from David Mitchell’s best-selling novel. Stars Tom Hanks and Halle Berry.
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. Each member of the ensemble appears in multiple roles as the stories move through time.
2012164 minsUSA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore
AdventureDramaFantasyMysteryScience Fiction
- Director:
- Tom Tykwer ('Run Lola Run', 'The International')Lilly WachowskiLana Wachowski (the 'Matrix' trilogy, 'Bound', 'Speed Racer')
- Writer:
- Tom TykwerLilly WachowskiLana Wachowski
- Cast:
- Tom HanksHalle BerryHugo WeavingJim SturgessSusan SarandonHugh GrantBen WhishawKeith DavidJim BroadbentJames D'ArcyGötz OttoZhu Zhu
Cloud Atlas / Reviews
Total Film
A grand folly that makes the Wachowskis' The Matrix trilogy look prosaic, Cloud Atlas is a fascinating if flawed work that will leave you gasping one minute and gagging the next.
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This is by no means the best movie of the year, but it may be the most movie you can get for the price of a single ticket.
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The Guardian
Unfortunately, these bold ambitions come to naught. They confuse the cosmos with the costume department and wind up lost in a world of wigs and bonnets.
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Los Angeles Times
What sinks "Cloud Atlas" is not the largeness of its ambitions but the lack of skill it displays in terms of writing, directing and acting.
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Hollywood Reporter
Everything gets homogenized into a blandish whole, the impact of each story softened by the constant need to connect the dots.
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Empire Magazine
It's an adventure into the very concept of storytelling: magical, enthralling and thrilling as much as bewildering, pompous and potty. In other words, up in the clouds.
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A.V. Club
It's an imperfect film of great daring and tremendous humanity, a work of many stories, but a singular achievement.
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