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Children of Men works on every level: as a violent chase thriller, a fantastical cautionary tale, and a sophisticated human drama about societies struggling to live.
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Children of Men founders in its latter moments -- not a lot, but enough. Its failure is less one of plot than of something deeper, a composing idea to undergird the plot. April 1, 2015 | Full Review…
Children of Men founders in its latter moments -- not a lot, but enough. Its failure is less one of plot than of something deeper, a composing idea to undergird the plot.
Christopher Orr
Alfonso Cuaron stages some terrific set-pieces, and the production designers deserve credit for making London in 2027 look like the grunge capital of the world, ie, like now, only more so. One small problem: I didn't believe any of it. April 1, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Alfonso Cuaron stages some terrific set-pieces, and the production designers deserve credit for making London in 2027 look like the grunge capital of the world, ie, like now, only more so. One small problem: I didn't believe any of it.
Anthony Quinn
P.D. James's novel must have made more sense than Cuarón's cheerful but incoherent screen adaptation. April 1, 2015 | Full Review…
P.D. James's novel must have made more sense than Cuarón's cheerful but incoherent screen adaptation.
Nigel Andrews
For all Cuarón's expertise in whipping up his film's elements into a pungent and frightening stew, the movie's technical brilliance can be blinding. The story and characters remain all but skeletal. April 1, 2015 | Full Review…
For all Cuarón's expertise in whipping up his film's elements into a pungent and frightening stew, the movie's technical brilliance can be blinding. The story and characters remain all but skeletal.
Tim Robey
If you thought the battle scenes in... Saving Private Ryan were tough going, the final 20 minutes of Children of Men will not only shake you, they'll have you revising your expectations about just how realistic cinematic portrayals of combat can get. April 1, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
If you thought the battle scenes in... Saving Private Ryan were tough going, the final 20 minutes of Children of Men will not only shake you, they'll have you revising your expectations about just how realistic cinematic portrayals of combat can get.
Jim Schembri
Cuaron asks us to find hope in a grim nativity story where a reluctant hero and scared would-be mother try to find shelter in a land that desperately needs a newborn savior. May 15, 2009 | Rating: A | Full Review…
Cuaron asks us to find hope in a grim nativity story where a reluctant hero and scared would-be mother try to find shelter in a land that desperately needs a newborn savior.
Amy Nicholson
As always, Michael Caine manages to steal every scene he's in with effortless, offbeat comedic charm. November 18, 2020 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review…
As always, Michael Caine manages to steal every scene he's in with effortless, offbeat comedic charm.
Mike Massie
Cuaron was able to infuse every moment with the importance of what is at stake. August 6, 2020 | Full Review…
Cuaron was able to infuse every moment with the importance of what is at stake.
Allen Almachar
Children of Men is concentrated cinema, wrought, focused, emblematic.... Cuarón [is] equally concerned with the survival of richly detailed cinema as the fraught voyage of his encircled, besieged characters. May 17, 2020 | Rating: 10/10 | Full Review…
Children of Men is concentrated cinema, wrought, focused, emblematic.... Cuarón [is] equally concerned with the survival of richly detailed cinema as the fraught voyage of his encircled, besieged characters.
Ray Pride
This is one movie that will have a lasting impact even if you are forced to watch it on a ten-inch black and white Zenith. February 28, 2020 | Full Review…
This is one movie that will have a lasting impact even if you are forced to watch it on a ten-inch black and white Zenith.
Kathi Maio
A rare kind of film -- thought-provoking, but full of intense action scenes. November 21, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review…
A rare kind of film -- thought-provoking, but full of intense action scenes.
Micheal Compton
The final 25 minutes is truly filmmaking at its absolute best. August 5, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
The final 25 minutes is truly filmmaking at its absolute best.
Karl Delossantos
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