I love Atonement, I think I ended up including it in 2 school essays I did! I respect their handling of the bait and switch, it didn't feel cliché, it felt earned by that point with all the couple had been through. I lost it when I realized Robbie's last words are actually, "you won't hear another word from me," or something along those lines (it's been a while since I've seen it, tbh). McAvoy is so damn good in this and I believe it was Ronan's debut, or certainly what put her on the map, so great for being so young!

It is absolutely a gut-puncher, but that's how you're supposed to feel, ya know? So I'd say it did its job successfully even though it made ya feel like shit, lol. I'm not sure if you liked it or ended thinking it was a cruel cop-out?