Children of Men

Rating: 4/10 (7 January 2007)

This is a story line to leave the viewer speechless. It should contain sorrow, despair, joy, and celebration. I contains nothing but boring. It leaves very important details unexplained and I really felt that if this were the world that these characters lived in, why are they not fighting more. Clive Owen's character seemed weak and two dimensional at best. I'm not saying that the acting wasn't great. In fact the acting was very good, however I don't think the actors were given much to work with. I feel that most of the movie was about creating a mood and not relaying story line or information about why we should care about what is going on with the characters. Perhaps my expectations were too high going into the movie, but I do feel disappointed. I think that if this story line dropped into a great writers hands, it has the potential to become a legend.