Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go is at once a gorgeously filmed, evocative film. It stars three of the best young actors alive. These include Andrew Garfield who was the cheated friend in this year's The Social Network and the gritty Red Riding Trilogy: 1974. Joining Garfield as star is the classically beautiful Carey Mulligan of An Education and the always underrated Keira Knightley. This trio act as a group of friends who came out of a British boarding school named Helshire. The first twenty minutes or so of the film uses child actors, who are all so wonderful, to map out the early, secluded lives of the three. We see the budding relationship between Mulligan's character: Kathy and Garfield's: Tommy. We see Kathy's kindness towards Tommy and then we see the jealousy of Knightley's Ruth. This is all done masterfully, until the world of happiness and seclusion is shattererd. For, one day in class, it is revealed to the children that they are merely to offer organs for their genetic counterparts. They live in a world where this is how it is, they cannot change what's coming. As they get on in years and confront this fate, the film blossoms. We see people closeto death who have decided what they want their lives to have been. The end is so heartbreaking, so moving, and such a gorgeous assessment of life. These characters are ones that you can't help but adore. They wimper throughout life, and yet their lives are of trenchant meaning. As a science fiction film, it transcends the usual things such a film tends to employ. It rather deals with the effect from this action. It's a great film.
Never Let Me Go: ✰✰✰✰