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Never Let Me Go

2010

Mark Romanek

Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley, Charlotte Rampling ...

6.5

19,826

Drama. Sci-Fi. Romance The novel "Never Let Me Go" offers an alternate history of how things might have been in 1980s England if children were raised at exclusive boarding schools under a shroud of mystery about their heritage. The story focuses on a 31-year-old woman named Kathy as she reflects back on her childhood friends Ruth and Tommy. She also remembers the teachers they had at Hailsham, her former school, which in some respects served as her former prison. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Here's a movie you can't get out of your head, a sci-fi horror story with the seductive allure of a classic romance (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Amy Biancolli Houston Chronicle	"'Never Let Me Go' is gorgeous. And depressing. It's exquisitely acted. And depressing. It's romantic, profound and superbly crafted (...) And it's depressing"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Everything is in its place, including the overly tidied-up meaning. Alas, what’s missing is the spark of life, the jolt of the unexpected"	NEU
United States	Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News	"Romanek does an extraordinary job translating Ishiguro's deliberate, almost excruciating pace onto the big screen: His images haunt us in much the same way the author's words do (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Stephen Farber The Hollywood Reporter	"Expertly acted, impeccably photographed, intelligently written, even intermittently touching, the film is also too parched and ponderous to connect with a large audience"	NEU
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"With its ties to contemporary medical ethics as well, 'Never Let Me Go' is the type of film that invites discussion after the fact, proving Romanek has more on his mind than simply making people cry"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"This is a good movie, from a masterful novel (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"This premise is disquieting, though 'Never Let Me Go' may be too tasteful to be scary, and yet too contrived and unreal to be tragic (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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