A Waste of talent

Rating: 6/10 (31 December 2019)

When I first read the plot description for Children of Men it sounded like an interesting and thought provoking drama but after watching it I just felt like the storyline was a bit foned in the action was sub par and the people who gave the best performances in the movie get less credit than some of the cameo's by bigger name actors who only have a bit part in the movie with very little screen time and no effort put into there performance such as Julianne Moore who's name is on the front and back of the movies cover hinting at starring role when she has less than five minutes of screen time and her character has no impact on the others characters she's just forgotten the movie centre's around two main characters Theo Faron (Clive Owen) a man who is hired to escort the last pregnant women across the English countryside and lead her safely to a group of doctors and scientists who are researching the world's infertility crisis and her genes may lead to a cure the pregnant women named Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) struggles being an inexperienced pregnant women and soon to be new mother in a world where she can't tell anyone she is pregnant and there is no one to tell her whats normal in pregnancy and how to prepare for birth but after meeting Theo she slowly begins to trust him and follow him across England to safety they are the leads in the movie but nether of there names are on the front cover even though Clive Owen's face is the picture on the front of the movies cover and posters it sounds like a small complaint to have about a movie but it undersells the performances of the actors who's characters are the focus point of the whole movie and they deserve more recognition for there performances it's sad to see a movie by an acclaimed director with an actual great cast where the marketing team do anything to try and sell more copies of the DVDs a sad trend these days meaning new actors and new talent don't get full credit even in a staring film role not every movie needs someone famous in it for it to be marketable and successful but it doesn't seem like this trend will end as long as it works and gets people to buy the DVD.