from Rational Review, here is J. Neil Schulman's review of Atlas Shrugged part 1.

First Impressions of Atlas Shrugged: Part 1

Here is the excerpt that really brought the value of the movie to me.  I plan to see it, if it is shown in my area.

There is, in the movie, a new railroad bridge made out of a new kind of steel - lighter, stronger, and cheaper than steel - and this bridge is elegantly simple.

Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 is that bridge.

If you've loved the novel and understand the limits of independent film, you should appreciate the film adaptation.

I love the novel and came out of the theater thinking, "This movie is Atlas Shrugged."

Industrialist/inventor, Henry Rearden, repeatedly asks one question of a government official who wants to pay him any figure just to protect existing industry from his new product. Rearden repeatedly demands, "Is it good?"

Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 is good.

If you're not already a fan, be prepared for something you've never seen in a movie before: a fundamentally honest depiction of the nature of the struggle between those who pull and those who ride free in this country ... and why Ayn Rand, speaking from the grave, has shown us why both honest working for profit and true charity from the heart are destroyed by a malignant virus called "self-sacrifice."