Cloud Atlas

Everything Is Connected

Based on a best-selling novel, this star-studded film explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout time. 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. Note the long running time.

172 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Nudity, Violence, Prejudice).
Detective/Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi.

You're not my twin, are you?

Credits

Cast	Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw
Director	Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Screenplay	Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, from the novel by David Mitchell
Music	Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer
Cinematography	Frank Griebe, John Toll
Editing	Alexander Berner
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2012
Produced by	Cloud Atlas Productions, X-Filme Creative Pool, Anarchos Pictures, A Compay Filmprodutionsgeselleschaft, ARD Degeto Film, Ascension Pictures, Five Drops, Media Asia Group

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Strong and frequent
Nudity	Strong in sexual context, breasts
Sex	Strongly similated sexual activity
Violence	Strong, bloody, gory and graphic, in context
Prejudice	Negative stereotyping of black slaves
Blasphemy	Mild references to Catholic catechism
Drug abuse	Cigarettes and social drinking
Comments	A story of how consequences of our lives impact one another throughout the past, present and future as a soul of a killer is shaped into a soul of a saviour and acts of kindness inspiring people across centuries.
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Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer An absolute must	10
Die Burger Laetitia Pople	20
Cape Times Jordan Mintzer Epoch hopping.	5
24.com Ilan Preskovsky Whether an admirable mess or an existentialist masterpiece, Cloud Atlas remains one of the year's genuine must-see films for almost everyone.	10
Box Office Mark Keizer Three directors wrestle a difficult novel to the ground and create a work that is rapturously grand in scope and ambition, if not emotional effect.	10
Rolling Stone Peter Travers For all the spectacular settings and visionary designs, Cloud Atlas left me feeling disconnected. Sad. But that's the true true.	13
ScreenIt C. Fuchs An ambitious if flawed epic that will likely divide viewers and critics alike	12
Metacritic.com 43 critics	11
Rottentomatoes critics 174 critics	13
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Its sprawling, ambitious blend of thought-provoking narrative and eye-catching visuals will prove too unwieldy for some, but the sheer size and scope of Cloud Atlas are all but impossible to ignore.	13
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	14
Movie Review Intelligence 52 critics	12
What the People say
Internet 8749 Netizens Cloud Atlas..doesn't scale much heights	17
Average .. 62%	12