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Clive Owen
Julianne Moore
Claire-Hope Ashitey
Michael Caine
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Pam Ferris

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In 2027 hope for the human race is running thin. There are no children, pregnancies and people have turned on one another. One pregnant woman needs to bear her child to give save the world from itself.

02/10/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

9/10

Action: 3/3 + Comedy: 1/2 + Love/Sex: 1/1 + Plot: 1/1 + Music: 1/1 + Good vs. Evil: 1/1 + Special Effects: 1/1 = 9/10 or 90%.

Children of Men summons allusions to every war in history, the Christian nativity story, and succeeds on every front. Such territory is rarely filmed well at all, but when it is as it is here the outcome is a wonder to behold.

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4/4 

10/30/2008 (1 of 1 found this helpful)

Offers hope to the future of cinema

Maistro Alfonso Cuaron has crafted a gut-wrenching, emotionally-draining and devastatingly brilliantly bleak drama that covers the gamut of emotions without feeling calculated or forced. The child may offer hope to humanity, but this film offers hope to cinema. Final Grade: A+

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4/4 

10/25/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Brilliant, Very Moving Affirmation of Life

I have struggled and struggled with how to begin this review - let alone write it. I seriously cannot remember the last time a film affected me as much as Children of Men. Director Alfonso Cuaron, after rising to such fame with Y Tu Mama Tambien that he was given Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban to helm, here has created a film that is heartbreaking, soul-stirring, and - most importantly - life-affirming. THIS kind of film is what moviemaking was born to be - real art. I just hope I can do it justice in a short review.

The film is based on a novel by P.D. James, the story set in 2027 - in a world ravaged by disease, terrorism, and nuclear fallout (yep, very grim stuff). Humanity has become infertile, the last baby - Baby Diego - born in 2009 ... and in fact the film opens with ...

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3.5/4