1. Atonement
Robbie Turner is a fascinating character on paper and becomes an even greater one through McAvoy’s devastation laced portrayal of the character in Joe Wright’s movie adaptation. The embodiment of the loss of innocence, McAvoy goes from love struck heart breaker to broken down image of a soldier whose seen too much horrors of war to ever be put back together again. From his facial expressions that go from light and flirtatious to drawn tight and sorrowful, to his boyish physicality to a stance perpetually standing as if being bogged down by the weight of the world, McAvoy’s performance is all encompassing, nailing each and every moment throughout his characters heart-wrenching transformation. The film was already one that bled grief and regrets and he only enforces the idea of loss through his tremendous performance.
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