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Atomised [2006]
from Momentum Pictures Home Ent
starring Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Ulmen, Martina Gedeck, Franka Potente, Nina Hoss
directed by Oskar Roehler

Features:

• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Not a patch on the book
  This movie is interesting for those fascinated by Houellebecq's written masterpiece. However, it all too quickly skipped over the key part at the end of the novel. Micheal is relegated to the minor part here, with Bruno having the lead role. Hence, the sex angle is overplayed (as you'd expect). Something of a missed opportunity here.

• Death of love?
  A good attempt to bring a difficult book onto the screen. It doesn't give rise to comfortable viewing, although I expect most people will have read `atomised' before coming to the film and therefore will know what to expect. Houellebecq excellence is in showing us how we really are, rather than glossing over the ugliness. He has given us a mirror to look at ourselves.
  Modern society, with all its material progress has failed to provide stable relationships that most long for and the hope of 60's... more info

• Fairly random and uninteresting
  I found this film rather dull, with a rambling plot that didn't seem to go anywhere. This was a shame as there are some great actors in it - Moritz Bleibtreu and Franka Potente from Run, Lola, Run, Martina Gedeck from The Lives of Others, and a cameo from the excellent Uwe Ochsenknecht. I guess you need to be into the book (or at least to have read it) in order to make any real sense of the film.
  Towards the end, the storyline involving Martina Gedeck was the most touching part of the film, but as... more info

• tragic yet hopeful
  This film is really worth seeing-all actors give brilliant performances, especially, in my opinion, Martina Gedeck (das Leben der Anderen). These are characters you can really sympathise with-the film sets up the histories of the two brothers really well, giving viewers a deeper insight into why they make the choices they make. Heartbreaking in some places, yet always hopeful about the future, this is a beautiful film. Well worth watching.

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