Germany, United States of America

DramaScience Fiction

FutureArtificial intelligence (a.i.)Based on novel or bookSan franciscoCaliforniaCloneDystopiaLgbtMultiple storylinesDuringcreditsstingerCenturyWoman director1930s

Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer

Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Bae Doona

Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Lilly Wachowski

Cloud Atlas Productions, Anarchos Productions, X Filme Creative Pool, ARD Degeto, A Company

Taglines: Everything is connected

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

Reviews:

Author: travisbell
Cloud Atlas was a very well made movie but unlike most of the "simultaneous stories that all come together at the end" type of movies, this one just didn't. I'm still unclear as to the point of it all. Another issue I had was a general feeling of goofiness. Sure, the Cavendish story was pure comedy but the rest of the stories just didn't feel serious enough to me. It carried my attention for the 172 minutes well enough and it was entertaining. I just expected more of a pay off at the end. All in all, it's definitely worth seeing but I still haven't made up my mind if I truly liked it or not. What did you think?