Children of Men

93% of critics liked it

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In theaters Dec 25, 2006
R, 1 hr. 49 min.

Movie Info

Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Rated: R
Running Time: 1 hr. 49 min.
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Theater Release: Dec 25, 2006
DVD Release: Mar 27, 2007
Synopsis: Y Tu Mamá También and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuarón returns to the helm to tell this futuristic tale in which society is without hope since humankind lost its ability to procreate. The year is 2027, and women can no longer give birth. The youngest inhabitant of the planet has just died at the age of 18, and all hope for humanity has been lost. As civilization descends into chaos, a dying world finds one last chance for survival in the form of a woman who has

Critic Reviews

  • Cuaron fulfills the promise of futuristic fiction; characters do not wear strange costumes or visit the moon, and the cities are not plastic hallucinations, but look just like today, except tired and shabby. More...
  • You feel as if you're accompanying a war photographer who's lost a bet. Slogging unflinchingly through humanity's worst hours, the movie laces the narrative's forays into science-fiction grandstanding with a gut-wrenching dynamic. More...
  • What I find particularly irksome about it is its pseudo-humanism and its calculating political correctness. More...
  • It's a wow. More...
  • A superior sci-fi thriller and the best doomsday drama since 28 Days Later. More...
  • Despite the bleakness of its vision, Children of Men is also thrilling, both for its groundbreaking style (there are action sequences here unlike any filmed before) and its complex, vividly realized ideas. More...
  • Cuarón does lowdown takes on high concept better than anyone; no matter what genre he touches, he brings grit and loose-limbed humor along with the hand-held camera jangles. More...
  • Darkly poetic throughout, the film starts with an explosion and ends drifting in fog with no clear resolution in sight. How brave and oddly satisfying. More...
  • Fasten your seat belt; you're in for a bumpy, provocative ride. More...
  • You can see it now or wait 20 years until the movie has found a niche among equally visionary movies that have the capacity to compel, alarm and shake things up. More...