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Children
of Men (2006)
  
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Director:
Alfonso
Cuarón |
COUNTRY
Japan/UK/USA |
GENRE
Science
Fiction/Drama |
NORWEGIAN
TITLE
Children of
Men |
RUNNING
TIME
109
minutes |
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Producer:
Marc Abraham
Eric Newman
Hilary Shor
Iain Smith
Tony Smith |
Screenwriter
(based on the novel by P. D. James):
Alfonso
Cuarón
Timothy J. Sexton
David Arata
Mark Fergus
Hawk Ostby |
Review
Alfonso
Cuarón disappoints with this dull and unimaginative futuristic doomsday
prophecy based on P. D. James' novel. Thematically, the film lacks depth
in its observations and discussions. The political and sociological
proportions of the world we're being presented are merely scratched
superficially as Cuarón tries to cover up his lack of reflections by
focusing on chaos and mayhem, reducing the film to an all too
familiar and banal Messiah story in the process. And visually, Children of Men
feels clogged and isolated, making the world and ideas of P. D. James
inaccessible and stiff. There are fine segments early on - nearly all of
which involves either Michael Caine or Julianne Moore. These two give
the film some vivacity and suspense, but towards the end of the film, most
of the work both in front and behind the camera is performed
sleepwalking.
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