Director Mark Romanek & screenwriter Alex Garland adapt Kazuo Ishiguro's dystopian sci-fi novel Never Let Me Go with great success.
This profoundly thoughtful coming of age drama is brilliantly disguised as a sci-fi film about harvesting clones. We know from the very opening shot how it ends but forget as the film flashes back in time and focuses more on everything in between, leaving us emotionally unprepared for the inevitable. Romanek makes use of warm colors and distant shots, giving it both life and a sense of lingering death. The cast is perfect and never goes overboard with melodrama. As devastating as the film is, it begs the viewer to make the best of what you have while it lasts.
5 sacrifices for nothing out of 5
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