Cloud Atlas
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Metascore
52 out of 100

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  • Starring: Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, Tom Hanks
  • Summary: Based on the best-selling novel by David Mitchell, “Cloud Atlas” explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Drama, mystery, action and enduring love thread through a story that unfolds in multiple lifetimes as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. Each member of the ensemble cast appears in multiple roles as the story moves through time. (Warner Bros. Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 36
  3. Negative: 4 out of 36
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    Oct 24, 2012
    100
    It fascinates in the moment. It's getting from one moment to the next that is tricky. Surely this is one of the most ambitious films ever made.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    Oct 25, 2012
    60
    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.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    Oct 25, 2012
    25
    I'll grant that the film has many layers. All of them are terrible.

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