An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution
14 September 1970, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
31 December 1962, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
9 September 1960, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
14 October 1980, Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
24 May 1949, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
1981, Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic
4 April 1960, Ibadan, Nigeria
30 September 1970, Catterick, North Yorkshire, England, UK
1965, UK
16 June 1992, Berlin, Germany
15 October 1967, Dietzenbach, Hesse, Germany
11 July 1962, Berlin, Germany
11 May 1950, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
9 July 1956, Concord, California, USA
19 January 1984, Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany
2002, USA
June 21, 2016
We normally can't see dead people, but that doesn't mean they're not like threads disappearing below a tapestry's surface and resurfacing elsewhere. A clarification of sorts.October 28, 2012
They key to successfully absorbing the movie may be in not trying to overthink what's on screen.October 26, 2012
An eminently peculiar mismatch of substance and form, like a Hallmark card written by David Foster Wallace.June 14, 2013
Whatever your age, even if life is an ocean made up of many drops, you may resolve that life is too short for this errant nonsense.October 26, 2012
The result is maddening, exasperating, occasionally exhilarating -- and mostly boring.May 03, 2015
Even at its most risible, this oddball picture has a groovy, inclusive spirit that feels downright revolutionary in our sterile, blockbuster age.August 06, 2014
When the narratives are formally compared as an expression of karma and reincarnation, the juxtaposition is vacuous.April 09, 2016
This is the Bermuda Triangle of sci-fi - where logic and clarity vanish without a trace.May 10, 2016
Despite its shortcomings, it's worth seeing and worth trying to get your head around days after you have. Revolutionary or gimmicky? Good news: Not quite either.September 26, 2013
This is a film that will be enjoyed most by people who haven't seen many other films.February 20, 2013
A film which piles on the action, the romance, the philosophical inquiry and the silly accents until the viewer is left punch-drunk and reeling. Seriously, what's not to love?October 26, 2012
For all the spectacular settings and visionary designs, Cloud Atlas left me feeling disconnected