Science fiction done WELL.

Rating: 10/10 (17 April 2007)

Sometimes it only takes one film to move a director into my personal pantheon of great directors. It doesn't happen too often, but I can't think of a better way to hit the fast track than by presenting this film to me. Everything about this film is just astonishingly memorable. The world it portrays is not only original and chilling, but also utterly perfectly realized, with an incredible level of detail in the environment and camera-work which simply defies belief.
The story is simple, yet monumental; tiny, yet enormous.
This is a rare sort of movie. And a huge feather in the cap of Mr. Cuáron. I'll be keeping an eye out for you, mister...