Everything about “Cloud Atlas”—the latest film from “The
Matrix” helmers the Wachowskis and “Run Lola Run” director Tom Tykwer—is big.
The film has a big cast—both in name and number—big ideas, big scope, big run
time (172 minutes), and, for the most part, big payoff. And the biggest thing
of all is the film’s ambition. Boy howdy do the filmmakers set out to
accomplish a great many things in adapting David Mitchell’s best-selling novel.
And the film features multiple references to “Soylent Green”, which is one
surefire way to gain my favor.
