Superior SF

Rating: 9/10 (8 September 2009)

Children of Men belongs to a small group of SF films that stand above the clichéd plots, unintelligible dialogue and in-your-face CGI that infest the multiplexes.
An excellent example of a well developed dramatic idea and creative restraint in constructing a very convincing future. Plot explication is subtly layered with various devices such as newscasts, signage, graffiti and headlines that give depth and background to the life and times of this brave new world.
Great relief at the lack of gemutlich sentimentality that would have killed CoM if it had been produced in Hollywoodland.
Up there with District 9, Blade Runner and the rest of Real SF Canon!