Cloud Atlas: The IMAX Experience

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  • Opened October 26, 2012 
  • 2 hr 52 min
  • R | Some Drug Use, Violence, Sexuality/Nudity and Language

  • Actors (Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent) take on multiple roles in an epic that spans five centuries. An attorney harbors a fleeing slave on a voyage from the Pacific Islands in 1849; a poor composer in pre-World War II Britain struggles to finish his magnum opus before a past act catches up with him; a genetically engineered worker in 2144 feels the forbidden stirring of human consciousness -- and so on. As souls are born and reborn, they renew their bonds to one another throughout time. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent
  • Director: Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski
  • Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, IMAX

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One Drop in the Ocean

by Escape_2012

Take a bathroom break before sitting down to seeing this convergence of life stories, also better pay attention because there are a lot of 'connect the dots' running thoroughout the story line. If...

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Long but worth every minute

by Drewbowski

there was not a single minute of this movie that I did not enjoy. Music was superb. Acting was incredible (Hanks may get another Oscar). Production design along with special effects will blow your...

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Long but needed to be longer

by MedRed

There's romance, action, drama, and sci-fi yet it doesn't come off as trying to be something for everyone. Each element exists in its place. I may sound crazy, but this 3 hour movie really could...

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

Cloud Atlas is certainly out to be a ''visionary'' mindbender, but the film's secret is that it's a nimbly entertaining and light-on-its-feet Hollywood contraption, with the actors cast in multiple roles as if playing a game of dress-up. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

Despite some weaknesses, a sense gradually emerges in this film- not just an idea, but a strong feeling mixed with an idea - about the dance of good and evil over time. Read full review

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Boston Globe
| Ty Burr

Unlike "Tree" or "2001," Cloud Atlas offers more answers than it does questions, and by the end of its nearly three-hour running time - which flies by surprisingly fast, all things considered - it feels like the most feverishly expensive late-night college bull session ever. There are glories here, but they fade in the light of day. Read full review

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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. Read full review

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Tom Hanks as Dr. Goose and Jim Sturgess as Adam Ewing in "Cloud Atlas."