Movie Review Spake: 'Cloud Atlas' a risky, passionate journey

Reiner Bajo

Film Review Cloud Atlas

This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Halle Berry, left, and Jim Broadbent in a scene from "Cloud Atlas," an epic spanning centuries and genres. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Reiner Bajo)

Reiner Bajo

Film Review Cloud Atlas

This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Tom Hanks in a scene from "Cloud Atlas," an epic spanning centuries and genres. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Reiner Bajo)

Reiner Bajo

Film Review Cloud Atlas

This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Halle Berry, left, and David Keith in a scene from "Cloud Atlas," an epic spanning centuries and genres. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Reiner Bajo)

Reiner Bajo

Film Review Cloud Atlas

This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Tom Hanks in a scene from "Cloud Atlas," an epic spanning centuries and genres. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Reiner Bajo)

Jay Maidment

Film Review Cloud Atlas

This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Tom Hanks as Zachry and Halle Berry as Meronym in a scene from "Cloud Atlas," an epic spanning centuries and genres. The film is an epic of shifting genres and intersecting souls that features Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, Ben Whishaw, Jim Sturgess, James D’Arcy, Doona Bae, Keith David, Sarandon and others in multiple roles spanning the centuries. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Jay Maidment)

Reiner Bajo

Film Review Cloud Atlas

This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Jim Broadbent, left, and Ben Whislaw in a scene from "Cloud Atlas," an epic spanning centuries and genres. The film is an epic of shifting genres and intersecting souls that features Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, Ben Whishaw, Jim Sturgess, James D’Arcy, Doona Bae, Keith David, Sarandon and others in multiple roles spanning the centuries. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Reiner Bajo)

Nick Spake

Nick Spake is a college student at Arizona State University. He has been working as a film critic for the past seven years, reviewing movies on his website, NICKPICKSFLICKS.com. Reach him at nspake@asu.edu