this film fail on every count . for a start it be pretentious and strive to be significant and fail miserably . the script be banal in the extreme and nobody at any time say anything remotely interest . it be impossible to care about any of the character . knightly be a self regard waste of time whilst sienna miller be just a waste of time . the bit about the soldier who go off to war be a cliché even before the film atonement use it . the use of the second world war a a backdrop be in itself a cliché . the bomb and the sheltering in tube station etc . employ to import a bit of much need drama . why anybody think for a moment that this film be worth making be quite beyond my comprehension . it be yet another case of let get the costume look authentic and never mind about the story and the script or the acting .