Jeff's Reviews

Thoughts on every movie I've ever seen.

Cloud Atlas (2012)

Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

Starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving

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What the fuck. Actors playing different characters in different stories in different times. It’s all a bit too much for me.

Some of the characters and stories are interesting, but I couldn’t piece it all together. If you need to have read the book or a cheat sheet to make sense of it, then I see that as a failing of the film.

Hanks and Grant show some impressive transformations. Broadbent shows a range I have not seen before. An enormous, Oscar-worthy accomplishment in make-up.

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