Jeers: Atonement's Sinful Oscar Nod
Keira Knightley courtesy Focus Features
Jeers to the Oscar voters for rewarding
Atonement with a knee-jerk best-picture nomination. I took a holiday from TV so I could see it and be prepared for its onslaught of accolades. But I wasn't prepared for what an overwrought piece of kitsch this movie is. Keira Knightley does most of her acting with her shoulderblades, and James McAvoy is a nonentity. And I'm sorry, but did I miss the scene that explains why these two love each other so desperately - or at all? If Joe Wright's odd, silly
Titanic wannabe beats Paul Thomas Anderson's genuine masterpiece on Oscar night, there
will be blood!
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