Movie Review: "Cloud Atlas" (3 Stars)

HOLLYWOOD JESUS
By Elisabeth Leitch

Ask Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and even the publisher of the award winning novel what "Cloud Atlas" is about, and you'll probably have no better idea than before. Just Google the title or read the jacket description, and you'll know what I mean. Basically, "Cloud Atlas" jumps back and forth between six different stories, they all take place in different time periods, and they are all connected. The question that most of the book's descriptions leave unanswered—what the stories actually about. And one which filmmakers Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, and Tom Twyker skillfully answer in their seemingly impossible, yet brilliantly executed adaptation of not only each individual story in the book, but the themes that weave them together. [link] ★★★