Cloud Atlas - A Review

2 Stars - Interesting, but not very good

So Cloud Atlas is a film about a group of stories in various time periods that are supposedly interconnected. It is this supposed connection between the stories that feels like the biggest flaw to me. The stories don't connect, there are no shared goals, there are no shared themes I could notice and nothing of much consequence ever seems to get achieved.

For that I will say that I enjoyed some of the stories, such as Jim Broadbent trying to escape an old folks home and the clutches of the evil Hugo Weaving in drag and James D'Arcy in a ponytail wig... also Ben Whishaw as a ghost writer for another Jim Broadbent who was a composer. Also Keith David provides his special brand of vocal splendour; can't argue with that.

However I don't feel as though I can disregard this film entirely and tell people to not see it, it is such an unusual film in nature that I feel as though people might completely adore it, or really despise it, or like me admire elements of it but feel ultimately dissatisfied.

Hot damn I love that voice

In short, go see it, make your own opinion, because I guarantee you'll have a unique one.