Masterfully grim and realistic Dystopia...

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2016)

Children of Men is one of my all-time favourite films, and most of all the most realistic depiction of a dystopian future i know.
The movie is settled around the question, what happens if no more babies could be born, and the shown result of a future without hope is as realistic as it possibly could. There are small indicators of a futuristic time, but everything seems to decay because no one gives a crap anymore.
The actors are ALL amazing. Mostly Clive Owen who is incredibly comprehensible, so that it works flawless to see this world through his perspective.
And with this we get to the unbelievably great cinematography, which gives us the feeling of being someone, who walks through this world, along the characters, without being noticed. We never leave our protagonists view and get all the information we need, mostly out of the background, so that we have the chance to get it on our own. The movie also has three of the longest and most incredible choreographed longtakes you will ever see, they are amazing, mostly the last one in the final act.
Also the use of music is very interesting, because you only get to hear music when the characters do (through radios for example) or to underscore the more dramatic scenes.
What baffles me the most is that this movie has some of the most unnoticeable visual effects ever "seen" and wasn't even nomitated for an academy reward, which is incredibly weird, seen how i recently watched the movie (now nearly eleven years after it's release) and i'm still not sure what's real and what isn't, the only thing that i know that it's not real for sure, is the baby, but just because my father told me after i watched it the first time, but the birth scene (alias, the second big longtake) is still so convincing, that i have to assure people who never saw this film, that it's not real...
The movie is also filled to the rim with interesting metaphors, ideas, and themes which give you something to think about, even long after you've seen the film.
Children of Men is a masterpiece that shouldn't be missed by anyone who is even remotely interested in the art of film...