Atonement/YMMV


 * Genius Bonus: After Briony has, she is shown standing in front of a stained-glass window of St. Matilda, the patroness of the falsely accused, and also the subject of a nursery rhyme that begins "Matilda told such awful lies/ She made one gasp and stretch their eyes..."
 * Hope Spot: For the audience.
 * Narm: Some of the drama about the obscene letter leads to this in the movie. Especially when
 * It's not unintentional. The screenwriter Christopher Hampton talked about this scene at a screening this troper went: he said that the scene was meant to play out like a comedic farce, to maker the turn for the tragic all the more shocking. This is a departure from the books where the horror of the situation is mostly played straight.
 * Tear Jerker: