It is the best film of the decade, maybe the best film of all time

Rating: 10/10 (20 August 2009)

This movie is extremely hard for me to describe. But let's put it like this: District 9 is visually and fundamentally stunning. The first half of the movie is almost completely perfect in laying out the reasons why you should CARE about the characters in this movie. I especially enjoyed the setups in the first half which went into detail about how the conflict started; what I expected from this was a description about how terrible we were to the aliens and we alone are the bad guys; but it comes at you with "both sides did something wrong" and that was undoubtedly impressive.
However, it does show enough human to alien mistreatment once the MNU operations begin to devise who's in the wrong, and the way the mistreatment is performed on the aliens is also extremely effective. While the film has their own "boogeyman" in the MNU higher ups and the military, even the characters (IE Wikus) who are overall pretty decent guys, still take part in misstatements like the abortions as well as various racist(I guess specist) talk and stereotypes about the prawns.
I don't want to throw out anymore spoilers but let's put it this way: the entire movie builds up to create an emotional bond between Wikus, Christopher, and his son, and cashes in on that bond in the last 45 minutes of the film in what may be one of the most stunning final part of a movie i've ever seen, from action to emotion. The special effects were insanely realistic, the acting was spot on, and the plot was almost completely original. PLEASE go see this film.