Atlas Shrugged: Part 1

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Atlas Shrugged: Part 1

PG-13

Released Apr 22, 2011

1h 42m

Drama

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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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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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TJ E

It’s so incredibly sad that this movie will never get a real adaptation. The irony that these movie were bombed to hell is so funny. Hollywood would never have made a faithful retelling. It’s a shame this movie came out the way it did.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/23/25

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G D J

The script is awful, the acting is so wooden it might as well be a documentary for a school wood working class. It's only worth a watch if you really want to see how bad movies can get.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/20/25

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Don S

For a low budget production that had to overcome a lot of opposition this is a decent film. A great storyline that reflects a lot of events in today's world.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/28/25

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Georgan G

So stupid seeing the rich guys called "producers" who are out to save America. They are out to save their money. Period.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/25/24

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mark g

If you have an incredibly simplistic view of a complex society, this is for you. Only unrealistic stereotypes of capitalists can save us from the evil non-producers!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/15/24

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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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Synopsis

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

Director: Paul Johansson
Producer: John Aglialoro, Harmon Kaslow
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
Runtime: 1h 42m

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