Fresh
Cuaron fulfills the promise of futuristic fiction; characters do not wear strange costumes or visit the moon, and the cities are not plastic hallucinations, but look just like today, except tired and shabby.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Children of Men
The year 2027: the last days of the human race. No child has been born for 18 years. He must protect our only hope.
2006 · 1h 49m · R
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Alfonso Cuarón
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Children of Men
Overview
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
You feel as if you're accompanying a war photographer who's lost a bet. Slogging unflinchingly through humanity's worst hours, the movie laces the narrative's forays into science-fiction grandstanding with a gut-wrenching dynamic.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Rotten
What I find particularly irksome about it is its pseudo-humanism and its calculating political correctness.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh
It's a wow.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
A superior sci-fi thriller and the best doomsday drama since 28 Days Later.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
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