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"    I&amp;#039;m excited to watch Atonement, which opens at select theaters this weekend. Based on British writer Ian McEwan&amp;#039;s juicy World War II epic, the story begins when Cecilia (Keira Knightley), the eldest daughter of a wealthy family, and Robbie (James McAvoy), the housekeeper&amp;#039;s son, give in to their lustful feelings on the steamiest afternoon of the year. Cecilia&amp;#039;s 13-year-old sister Briony (Saoirse Ronan), a jealous witness to the encounter, spins a story of a crime that puts Robbie behind bars. From there the action moves to the battlefields of France, where Robbie is enlisted, and to a clinic in London where Briony works as a wartime nurse. Throughout her lifetime, she struggles with the guilt of derailing two lives through the lies she told. I know movies are notoriously not as good as the books they&amp;#039;re based on, but judging from the clips that you can see here and here, I think the film will capture the novel&amp;#039;s romantic longing.\u2014Jennifer Conrad  What&amp;#039;s your favorite movie based on a book? And which book-based flicks should never have been made? Don&amp;#039;t hold back in Comments. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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