Tom Hanks gives a first-rate performance in a real-life tale of modern piracy on the high seas.
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Review: ‘Cloud Atlas’ Aims to Be Profound, But Falls Gloriously Short
Wildly ambitious, visually sumptuous, and head-achingly confounding, Cloud Atlas is an experience that aims to be profoundly moving. Whether it succeeds is another matter entirely.
Dallas Film Weekly 