Disappointing, but to each his own!

Rating: 6/10 (13 January 2007)

After seeing the trailer to the Children of men, I was at first excited to see this feature, it had looked interesting. During the months that passed, I got my hand on the Children of men novel, read it, and wasn't sure whether the movie would be good or bad. The book left me overtly disappointed.
As I watched the movie, I felt, indifferent. I was not moved to tears by any of the scenes that were suppose to provide an emotional uplifting or an emotional downpour. Clive Owen although a good actor didn't really strike me as someone who I could be touched by. I did not feel a whole lot different.
The movie, neither left me with any positive or anything negative. I think the positive image of hope is deplorable and it's completely cliché. Why did the girl suddenly have a child, they did not explain this and although the book itself was rather weak at the reasoning it was more or less better at trying to do so.
Overall a disappointing feature and I think that the budget and the effort could have been channelled into providing something more than just entertainment, more than just an hour and a half of sitting waiting for something to happen.