The whole is much smaller than some of its parts.

Rating: 1/10 (12 April 2009)

There is some cinematography worth mentioning in this movie, but apart from that, it is quite a trial to sit through.
The premise of the movie does conjure up some interesting questions but director/writer Alfonso Quaron makes it a point in this movie to avoid them all. How will the people in this society cope with being unable to fulfill their primary biological function? How is the scientific community trying to battle the sudden infertility loss of people across the globe? Or even a nice sappy drawn out conspiracy theory explaining the onset of it all, is left entirely to the viewer to insert into this story.
In stead, the viewer is served a ridiculous chase story with characters devoid of any qualities one can sympathize with and groups of people which' motivations for doing the things they do, is totally left unclear.
Add to this a very weak script that was rather patronizing in its attempts to inform the viewer about what was going on and a superabundance of situations that simply didn't make any sense at all and which were highly annoying as they demolished any chance of this movie becoming an enjoyable watch.
Like so many mediocre films these days (Slumdog millionaire and Gran Torino to name but a few), Children of men scores big time on this website and in the eyes of the people formerly known as professional movie critics.
It is simply a farce to think that this film reaches anywhere near the level one would expect from a film with a 8+ rating, so shame on all who have helped to destroy the credibility of the highly rated movie and the critics who should be able to do a critical analysis without being flamed for it. After all, this is their job. One they sorely forgot to do when this movie came to pass.
**/5