Children of Men
3 Oscar Nominations
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In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
What critics thought
Broadly acclaimed on release and only growing in stature since, Children of Men is now widely regarded as one of the defining films of the 2000s — a dystopian thriller whose grimy, unglamorous vision of Britain's near future has struck many commentators as uncomfortably prophetic in the years since. Critics were almost uniform in their praise, with the main point of contention being whether its futuristic world-building was consistently inventive or occasionally slipped into familiar sci-fi convention.
“Cuarón 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. Here is certainly a world ending not with a bang but a whimper, and the film serves as a cautionary warning.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“two of the most virtuoso single-shot chase sequences I've ever seen”
Dana Stevens·Slate
“No movie this decade was more redolent of sorrowful beauty and exhilarating action. You don't just watch the car ambush scene (pure camera wizardry)—you live inside it. That's Cuarón's magic: He makes you believe.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
Genres
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Cast & Crew
DirectorAlfonso Cuarón
StarringClive Owen, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine
ComposerJohn Tavener
Children of Men
3 Oscar Nominations
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
What critics thought
Broadly acclaimed on release and only growing in stature since, Children of Men is now widely regarded as one of the defining films of the 2000s — a dystopian thriller whose grimy, unglamorous vision of Britain's near future has struck many commentators as uncomfortably prophetic in the years since. Critics were almost uniform in their praise, with the main point of contention being whether its futuristic world-building was consistently inventive or occasionally slipped into familiar sci-fi convention.
“Cuarón 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. Here is certainly a world ending not with a bang but a whimper, and the film serves as a cautionary warning.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“two of the most virtuoso single-shot chase sequences I've ever seen”
Dana Stevens·Slate
“No movie this decade was more redolent of sorrowful beauty and exhilarating action. You don't just watch the car ambush scene (pure camera wizardry)—you live inside it. That's Cuarón's magic: He makes you believe.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
Genres
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Cast & Crew
DirectorAlfonso Cuarón
StarringClive Owen, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine
ComposerJohn Tavener
Rent/Purchase