Atlas Shrugged: Part 1

PG-13

Released Apr 22, 2011

1 hr. 42 min.

Drama

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12%

51 Reviews

Tomatometer

69%

10,000+ Ratings

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Dagny Taggart (Taylor Schilling), a powerful railroad executive, tries to keep her business afloat while society crumbles around her.

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Critics Consensus

Passionate ideologues may find it compelling, but most filmgoers will find this low-budget adaptation of the Ayn Rand bestseller decidedly lacking.

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America F

Amazing film! The leftists will hate it! Too much truth

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/01/23

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John R

Apart from the bad direction and bad acting, this film makes me wonder why Ayn Rand was seen as an intellectual. The underlying arguments this story is trying to make could be ripped apart by the average 12 year old in about 15 minutes.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/17/23

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Daniel W

I've never seen a movie that is a more true to life depiction of human government, if left to government itself. Constantly trying to help people, but constantly hurting them instead. Power corrupts. But, I can also see why many people ideologically disagree with the conclusions drawn. However, I truly loved it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/08/23

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Always L

Fun to watch after reading the book eons ago. Casting of Dagney and Hank was great. Enjoyed the movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/23/23

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Donald S

The story the Left loves to hate.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/10/23

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Russ G

First off, I'm open to Miss Rand's general take on social philosophy, so I'm not badmouthing the movie on ideological grounds. The plain truth is that it sucks infected donkey balls. Bad script, bad direction, bad casting, and bad acting. The only GOOD news is that in the "trilogy" of films made to serialize the book, THIS PoS is as good as it gets. So, don't waste time on this because it goes from so-so here to bad in Part 2 to just plain laughable in the finale. I'd give this two stars instead of one but I want to steer you clear of the whole steamin' pile. If you dive in, don't say I didn't tell you so.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Paul Johansson

Director

Taylor Schilling

Dagny Taggart

Edi Gathegi

Eddie Willers

Michael O'Keefe

Hugh Akston

Paul Johansson

John Galt

Matthew Marsden

James Taggart

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Made on the cheap with no-name stars, this is no better than a stilted anachronistic curiosity, a low-rent version of the eighties' prime-time soap Dallas, with the industrial concerns and sexual mores of 1950s, all, somehow, set in 2016.

Rated: 1/4

Oct 28, 2011

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Linda Barnard

Toronto Star

A talky bore that spends too much time in wood-panelled offices and at chatter-heavy parties that were clearly shot on the cheap.

Rated: 0.5/4

Oct 28, 2011

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Carina Chocano

New York Times

Atlas Shrugged: Part I is in many ways charmingly oblivious to its inherent contradictions and the fact that its capitalist titans appear to be squatting in old, abandoned Dynasty sets, eating food-court baked potatoes.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 28, 2011

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Atlas Shrugged is an easily set aside motion picture.

Rated: 1.0/4.0

Sep 2, 2020

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Megan Basham

WORLD

The very nature of Atlas Shrugged -- turning on its head all the typical clichés of who's a hero and who's a villain and its refreshing honesty about the way Washington works-gives it a certain liberating energy.

Jan 8, 2019

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Kelly Jane Torrance

Washington Examiner

While they've produced a competently made film, they haven't pulled off a miracle. Atlas Shrugged is much as you'd expect.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 8, 2019

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Synopsis

Dagny Taggart (Taylor Schilling), a powerful railroad executive, tries to keep her business afloat while society crumbles around her.

Director: Paul Johansson
Screenwriter: Brian Patrick O'Toole, John Aglialoro
Distributor: Rocky Mountain Pictures
Production Co: Atlas Prods.
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexuality)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 22, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.6M

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