STRENGTH OF 'ATONEMENT' IS IN ITS STORY OF HUMAN FRAILTY.(LA.COM)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: December 2, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: STORIES BY GLENN WHIPP

>FILM WRITER

'Is it possible to atone for your sins? And is it ever going to be enough?"

Keira Knightley is pondering the central question of her new movie "Atonement," opening Friday, an adaptation of Ian McEwan's acclaimed 2001 multipart meta-novel about a woman named Briony Tallis who tries to make amends for a grave mistake she made as a 13-year-old.

"What Briony does is horrific, and yet I don't know ...

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