Atmospheric, deep and different ...

Rating: 8/10 (23 January 2007)

"Children of Men" is a deep movie, which is at the same time futuristic and realistic. It presents a savage picture of human world, 18 years after the last time a woman has born a baby. It is really heavy and somehow different stuff. A point of view that nobody has presented so well in a movie.
Director Alfonso Cuarón did great job creating a society who still looks familiar but also somehow changed and alienated. His vision is marvelous and the atmosphere he creates is absolutely influential.
The actors did their best  especially Michael Caine. Everyone created a character that won't leave you indifferent to his emotions.
Despite the almost flawless presentation in the mentioned categories, one technical aspect would leave you entirely speechless. The cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki is fully TREMENDOUS and INCREDIBLE. There are sometimes up to ten minutes, which also include marvelous action sequences, shot with a single camera without any interruption. I don't know if you imagine how difficult and time-consuming it is. If I could, I would give Emmanuel Lubezki an Oscar for his well-done job.
Finally, I would that this movie is not for everyone, for it is hard, dark and as I said  different. But I am completely sure that every real movie fan would enjoy it very much.