Cloud Atlas

What I liked:

• The hair, makeup, costume design, and special effects teams that it took to make this group of actors into multiple characters is Oscar worthy.
• It's fun to try to figure out which actor is playing which characters.  Some are pretty obvious and some are harder to spot.
• Fine acting by all: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, Keith David, James D'Arcy, Xun Zhou, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon, and Hugh Grant.
• Most of the stories had interesting lessons and food for thought.
• I thought it was pretty easy to follow the stories...just give yourself the first 30 minutes to get use to it all.

What I didn't like:

• The most futuristic story line was the worst.  Their language was annoying.
• I expected the Cloud Atlas arrangement to be more predominant throughout the stories.
• It's 3 hours long.

Grade: B+