Alfonso Cuaron wowed audiences with his 2001 film Y Tu Mama Tambien. His follow-up film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, showed audiences that he was ready for bigger movies. Children of Men is nothing short of a masterpiece for the director from Mexico. Cuaron seemingly blends thrilling action with dramatic prose.The film revolves around the world in 2027. Things have sped up, but the biggest difference is that humans are infertile. The film begins with the death of the youngest person on the planet. Clive Owen, brilliant as ever, goes on a journey to help a young woman who happens to be pregnant.
What works so well in this film is that we never really find out what happened to humans to make them infertile. Likewise, Cuaron uses a number of great shots to show the hopelessness in the society of the future. One of my favorite parts about this picture is that unlike works of Steven Spielberg, technology is secondary. Instead of the special effects being the main thrust of the picture, such as is in Spielberg's Minority Report, the special effects take a back seat to good old fashioned acting. All in all, this is another solid outing for Cuaron. Look for him to continue as a top director in the future. A.
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