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Rating: 10/10 (16 August 2009)

I went to this movie with my 17-year-old son. I expected it to be more of the same Transformers-type action-y relatively plot less sci-fi movie. Happily, I could not have been more wrong! It was very intense, not for kids (rated R for a reason), with a gripping, involving plot. You could feel the desperation of the characters. The "prawns" were real characters. The actor who played Wikus was fantastic as well, which was pivotal to the movie's success in my opinion. He was an everyday-type guy who was caught up in an extraordinary situation. I notice that some reviewers didn't care for the "mockumentary" style at the beginning, but personally I thought it served pretty well to introduce us to Wikus and it made the situation of the alien slum real. I highly recommend this film.