Best Movie of 2006

Rating: 9/10 (29 December 2006)

Children of Men, based on the PD James dystopic book is simply the best movie of the year, and there is nothing wrong with it, nothing. Every performance is exactly right; measured and precise and just quite amazing. Clive Owen, of course, is perfect as the disillusioned former militant who is dragged into a plot that has, quite literary, the future of the human race at risk.
The direction is Cuarón's best to date and both Julianne Moore and Michael Caine turn in two of the best, albeit short, supporting roles of the year. Chiwetel Ejiofor (Serenity, Inside Man) is also strong in a smaller supporting role.
This movie has deep political roots, and is especially appropriate in the US with all the anti- immigrant fervor being stirred up by the Republican Party. Watch it once for the story, once for the politics, and once for the soundtrack.
The soundtrack is of special note because it is stunning in its quality and variety.