Cloud Atlas
2012 · Movie · R · 172 min · ★ 6.9 · 61% critics
Six interwoven stories unfold across centuries, shifting between past, present, and far-future settings. As the timelines echo each other, small choices and acts of kindness ripple outward, linking strangers through themes of connection, oppression, and change.
Based on Cloud Atlas
Also known as Cartographie des nuages
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Details
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-10-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 172 min
- Critic score
- 61/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (7,522 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like ambitious, time-spanning stories about interconnected lives and big ideas, and don’t mind rewatching to catch details; Not for you if you want a simple, straightforward plot like The Matrix.
Pros: ambitious interwoven stories; big emotional themes; strong performances | Cons: can feel confusing; uneven tone shifts; payoff may disappoint
Themes
- future
- artificial intelligence (a.i.)
- based on novel or book
- san francisco, california
- clone
- dystopia
- lgbt
- multiple storylines
- duringcreditsstinger
- century
- 1930s
- awestruck
Cast & crew
Tom Hanks
as Dr. Henry Goose / Hotel Manager / Isaac Sachs / Dermot Hoggins / Cavendish Look-a-Like Actor / Zachry
Halle Berry
as Native Woman / Jocasta Ayrs / Luisa Rey / Indian Party Guest / Ovid / Meronym
Jim Broadbent
as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
Hugo Weaving
as Haskell Moore / Tadeusz Kesselring / Bill Smoke / Nurse Noakes / Boardman Mephi / Old Georgie
Jim Sturgess
as Adam Ewing / Poor Hotel Guest / Megan's Dad / Highlander / Hae-Joo Chang / Adam / Zachry Brother-in-Law
Bae Doona
as Tilda / Megan's Mom / Mexican Woman / Sonmi-451 / Sonmi-351 / Sonmi Prostitute
Ben Whishaw
as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
James D'Arcy
as Young Rufus Sixsmith / Old Rufus Sixsmith / Nurse James / Archivist
Zhou Xun
as Talbot / Hotel Manager / Yoona-939 / Rose
Keith David
as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Directed by Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer