Children of Men Critic Reviews

This is an extraordinary artistic breakthrough from a Mexican director who was already fearlessly good to begin with.Read the full review

The performances are crucial, because all of these characters have so completely internalized their world that they make it palpable, and themselves utterly convincing.Read the full review

It's a work of art that deserves a space cleared for its angry, nervous beauty.Read the full review

Made with palpable energy, intensity and excitement, it compellingly creates a world gone mad that is uncomfortably close to the one we live in. It is a "Blade Runner" for the 21st century, a worthy successor to that epic of dystopian decayRead the full review

Although imperfect, it's engaging, thought-provoking stuff.Read the full review

Cuarón has a gift only the greatest filmmakers share: He makes you believe.Read the full review

Children of Men is Cuarón's run for freedom, with a riveting story, fantastic action scenes and acting so universally solid that even the dogs perform masterfully under his direction.Read the full review

I don't just mean it's one of the best movies of the past six years. Children of Men, based on the 1992 novel by P.D. James, is the movie of the millennium because it's about our millennium, with its fractured, fearful politics and random bursts of violence and terror.Read the full review

Owen carries the film more in the tradition of a Jimmy Stewart or Henry Fonda than a Clint Eastwood or Harrison Ford. He has to wear flip-flops for part of the time without losing his dignity, and he never reaches for a weapon or guns anyone down. Cuaron and Owen may have created the first believable 21st-century movie hero.Read the full review