It was my favorite movie of 2006, but it there were some problems.

Rating: 9/10 (14 January 2007)

First off before I go any further, I want to say that this, along with The Departed was a movie that blew me away on so many levels. It had by far the best cinematography I've seen, and the acting I felt actually improved as the film progressed.
But a common theme on this board right now seems to be that if you dare explore the possibility that Cuarón made a few errors in judgement by leaving out key details, then you are not capable of "appreciating" the film. This just isn't true.
I'm 100% fine with the open ending, where you don't know what the Human Project is all about, and what will happen to the world once Key is aboard the boat. The children laughing at the very end gave the impression of a positive outcome but certainly guaranteed nothing. This is the best example of what should have been undisclosed.
However, why is it totally unacceptable to want to know more about the plot itself? I didn't necessarily need to know exactly why women were infertile, but I think if Cuarón had led us a little more towards some sort of reason other than a few suggestions made by Jasper in the beginning, then I would have been much more comfortable through out the film. I didn't NEED these details, but when you are watching a film about women being infertile, you do expect at some point for the director to address why, seeing as it was the basis for the problem the world was enduring.
The problem wasn't that I didn't know, but rather I was waiting for an answer during the movie and it never came (which took away from the watching experience itself). All in all I felt that the leaving the idea of what was to become of planet Earth and the human race a secret was brilliant and thought provoking, but also felt that the basis of why the events were actually occurring needed more explanation. Again, not necessarily a definitive answer, but more about the worlds' explanation of "why it was happening." Still, Unbelievable good movie. I've seen it twice in the theatres this week... something I haven't done in God knows how long. 9/10 for me.