Never Let Me Go (2010)

Please don't spend money on this.

One of my all time favorites.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Okay, so here I am at 4 am, struggling with a little bit of insomnia. I've lately been in the mood for a well-made cosy romantic film, hoping for something along the lines Before Sunrise, right? So when I came across Never Let Me Go in my watchlist it seemed to fit the bill perfectly. After I started the film I noticed that the screenplay was written by Alex Garland, the guy who did Ex Machina, Annihilation and wrote Sunshine. I found it odd, but I rolled with it: I love his work so this should be promising. The film began with the conventional childhood love story premise. It was charming and adorable, but something was a little off (mind you I did not pay as much attention to the first 5 minutes as I probably should have). As the film went on it got progressively weirder and weirder, At around the 40 minute mark I kinda understood Garland's connection to the film. I paused it and checked the IMDb page, and only then did I realize that I've been watching a pretty abstract sci-fi film. So going into Never Let Me Go basically blind gave me a very unique, mesmerizing and slightly frustrating experience that in my sleep-deprived state I definitely was not ready for. So I wasn't able to completely get what the film was trying to say, but mostly what I gathered or managed to interpret was that it's the portrayal/allegory of society's exploitation of its young, maybe? I'm not sure. Like I said I'll definitely need to return to this film in the future to fully get the picture. Despite the initial confusion of my viewing experience I kinda loved Never Let Me Go. The only major issue I have with it is that the narrative style and worldbuilding of the film is left a bit too ambiguous. Other than that it's shot gorgeously and acted beautifully, complemented by an exquisit score. Would recommend, but know what you're getting into.

It's "The Island" for girls. A disturbing, thought-provoking and brilliant film, exploring the meaning of life. Without explosions.

But this film made me wanna invent a time travel machine an take back time I wasted on watching. Just wanna encourage you guys, if you feel like a lone idiot who doesn't like such pathetic stories, you are not alone.

I came watching this movie expecting a sad love story but it was so much more than that and left me sobbing for hours afterwards. I want to write so much about this movie and how brilliant it all was and I almost feel like I am not articulate enough to express what this movie made me feel. there was just something extremely special about this movie and it touched my soul in a different way.overall the movie was a cinematic masterpiece. Every single element was perfect, the actors were all amazing and it was so natural I can almost forget that they are acting. I was greatly impressed by that because I don't find this in many movies. the aesthetics/colour schemes were perfect. and the music oh my god! the soundtrack of this movie will always bring me to tears its just so perfect. I love the final message about not having enough time. Kathy is just wonderful her facial expressions the way she holds her emotions, she does not express her feelings very openly but her facial expressions you can see her soul. also, I think a true masterpiece is one where you understand the "villain" and feel bad for them because the characters are real and people are not all black and white I read a quote before that says "hurt people hurt people" and I feel like that summaries Ruth's character. I spent the whole movie hating her but that scene at the boat where she is talking and the camera just shows her face there is so much vulnerability and I saw a broken, scared little girl and it broke my heart because I understood her. the scene when tommy screams at the sky will forever haunt me and I can go about it for hours the performance and the emotions then the way he grabs onto her oh god! I found out that it was based on a book and now I will be reading it