Children of Men
December 2006
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Roger Ebert
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...
Joshua Rothkopf
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...
Andrew Sarris
What I find particularly irksome about it is its pseudo-humanism and its calculating political correctness.
David Edelstein
It's a wow.
Roger Moore
A superior sci-fi thriller and the best doomsday drama since 28 Days Later.
Rene Rodriguez
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...
Critic reviews
Roger Ebert
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...
Joshua Rothkopf
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...
Andrew Sarris
What I find particularly irksome about it is its pseudo-humanism and its calculating political correctness.
Rene Rodriguez
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...
Amy Biancolli
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.
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modern masterpiece truly moving, engaging & intelligent. I encourage anyone who appreciates a well crafted film to watch this strong display of gripping acting, thoughtful direction & genius cinematography.
Pop Culture Perhaps presented to an alternative to our current, dangerous state of over-population, this film provides a brief, and not particularly imaginative, glimpse of a future in which children are not able to be born, for reasons which are not really made clear in the 3/4 of the movie I could stomach. Enter pregnant girl, plot thickens, guns are taken out indiscriminately, wrongs are righted, and so on. Most of what I learned from this film is that humans can only begin to pretend to be happy when they're in an environment of extremes and have very little patience for subtlety. It's about as subtle as an atom bomb and as deep as a layer of paint. A generous helping of thinly-veiled propaganda and fighting action make it perfect for its intended audience, whoever that should be (not me).

An amazing visual and thrilling ride! The story starts out in a dystopian world where women have lost the ability to give birth. Theo Faron is just an average citizen whose emotional and haunting journey begins when his estranged wife, whose part of a militant immigrant's rights group called the Fishes, pay him to get a refugee, Kee, onto a boat to meet a scientific group called the "Human Project. On the way they fall into trouble, meet and lose people that help them on their journey, and bond together over Kee's special gift.
A Great And Captivating Movie! This movie will have you moved from the beginning to end. And shows the desperate fight of man to keep the human race alive.

Visually Stunning, Emotionally Haunting This film is so innovative that even with its bleak premise and minimal exposure it has made an impression on those who have seen it. The camera work so many others have mentioned (even spoofed on Robot Chicken) is just one facet of the depth of this film. You really must see it.
Love this movie An answer to what would happen if humanity was close to extinction. How would we change if we saw no future?
Amazing Sci-fi at its best. Not to mention some of the best camera-work ever
Haunting One of those rare films that kept replaying, over and over, in my mind. Few films are intelligent enough to keep me thinking for long after I leave the theatre (or turn off the player).
Good, but extremely depressing Really love this movie, but it ain't exactly lighthearted. You should have an episode of your favorite sitcom ready for afterwards...
So Powerful! One of my favorite movies of all time, so captivating, definitely a must watch
Cast and credits
Actors | Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam, Michael Caine, Claire-Hope Ashitey |
Producers | Marc Abraham, Eric Newman, Hilary Shor, Iain Smith, Tony Smith |
Director | Alfonso Cuarón |
Writers | Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby |
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Rental period
Start within 30 days, finish within 24 hours.
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Run time
109 minutes
Rating
R
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