Select language, opens an overlay

Comments (45)

What did you think about this title?
1 to 25 of 45 items
Jul 14, 202321221018293347 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is an oldie, but a goodie. Well written post economic collapse in England after there have been no children born in the past 18+ years. The government has ordered mandatory fertility testing. When a young pregnant woman is…
Jul 10, 2023xiaojunbpl12 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Bonus materials included in the set are worth checking out too.
Jun 19, 2023soulfulsusanv rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
First saw this on the big screen when it came out, and loved it, as dark as it is. Hadn't read the book yet. Now I've read the book and actually prefer the film, this was my 3rd time watching it.
May 06, 2023miaone rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I return to this film every few years, and each time I cry in about the same places. So believable as one view of our probably dystopian future. Clive Owen is really good in the part.
May 29, 2022jimg2000 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
An interesting adaptation of the novel by P.D. James whose works are usually along murder mystery genre and nothing like an action sci-fic epi as "Children of Men" on diverse social issues: religion, refugees, global warming, inequality…
Mar 30, 2022bdehler rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Plot made no sense, the movie was a waste of time.
Dec 28, 2021philipdenno rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Awful movie, plot was highly implausible and the acting was overly dramatic.
Sep 07, 2021ErinM_3 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Starts with an implausible concept and then has humanity reacting in bizarre and implausible fashion. I try to suspend disbelief but the story never connected with me.
Feb 27, 2021tootiebooks99 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Excellent movie with many relevant aspects!
Apr 09, 2020JCLMattC rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This was a bleak depiction of the future injected with an undercurrent of hope. I quite enjoyed the performances and the long, steady shots of the action. Very brutal but very decent film.
Dec 29, 2019
i enjoyed the acting turn from Michael Caine. Is the novel by P.D. James the best she's done? WHAT YOU GOT, a song from 1974's WALLS AND BRIDGES, covers the same existential dilemma.
Dec 29, 2019Weyes2Wonder rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Humanity's renewal, our only innocence and source of Hope for the future...is lost. As the voice of youth wanes in memory, so does its influence as a binding commonality that all peoples shared in protecting. But could a lone babe's cry…
Aug 08, 2019Heather_Howell7 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
It is one of the few movies that I have seen that has really stuck in my head and I think back to it years later when I see current environmental or global immigration issues talked about in the news. As an earlier critic mentioned,…
May 21, 2019SAPL454 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent movie; excellent actors.
Apr 30, 2019GiovanniS rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Timeless gem. If God wanted to judge this world, He could shut up the wombs of every woman on this planet and within 100 years we would be extinct. Without any plagues, war, famine, but just that. In the movie "Children of Men", it…
Jun 16, 2018Reading_Right rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
-5 Stars... The B.$. (narration/'news' V.O.) spouted out in the first 30 seconds of the film, is an exact 180º of reality (i.e. truth). That should give everyone a big giant red flag right there, and the egregious level of this warped…
Jan 25, 2018reginator_22 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Interesting film about a bleak future.
Dec 21, 2017greatflicks rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
This DVD sat on the end table for a couple of weeks and we finally decided to watch it. Just could not get into it and finally turned it off. I don't know if it was the actors, accents or plot. But found we just found it boring.
Mar 28, 2017
I love Clive Owen.. so I wanted to like it...but could not. Story unbelievable and dull...
Mar 21, 2016hammer59 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Among the finest films in the Apocalyptical genre. So moving that I was NOT surprised to learn that the author was a woman. This is an engaging thriller but also has deep appeal to the thinking persons of planet Earth. Full of love and…
Sep 29, 2015JackPurcell rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A refreshingly good movie
Jul 31, 2015booksmile rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Interesting, a bit too much shaky camera work though. I liked that it showed very different conditions for richer and poorer/non-citizens.
Marinetti
Apr 16, 2015Marinetti rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Decent adaptation of the book of the same name by P.D. James- it is quite different though- and as the book is undeniably a superior work of art, it's worth picking it up for an excellent and thought provoking read.
Feb 24, 2015IV27HUjg rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
The premise is good but I don't feel it was delivered well despite a cast of greats. Filming seemed realistic. Disappointed & checked off my curiosity list. I do agree that there are 'possibilities' & many understated messages. Many…
Jan 16, 2015Nursebob rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
In the near future the human race suddenly finds itself suffering from a plague of infertility. With an aging population and zero birth rate society begins to come apart at the seams. Very well done.....excellent editing and sound…