Review of Never Let Me Go (2010) by Ana B — 18 Oct 2011
Half way between sci-fi and drama, this is the story of a fictional Britain where human clones are made and used only to be organ donors. In this context three kids are being brought up together in a boarding school and we see their evolution over the years, until they reach completion (death) in their late 20's. In a way this is a British response to the american "The Island" but in there you find a spectacular thriller here you are faced with an intimate portrait of children and young people destined to die young. This is also the story of a love triangle between best friends Ruth and Kathy and their love interest Tommy.
It is an interesting insight into organ donation and cloning however, to justify these "mass killings" and forced operations, they go down the lane of saying that clones maybe have no souls which is, in my opinion, a very silly way out, because if they think and breathe and they have a life and a body what reason is there not to have a soul? Anyway, maybe philosophically doesn't make a lot of sense but perhaps that's not the right way to look at it. Maybe we should watch this movie and only see young people crushed by destiny and fatalism and, we should see only the way they try to find meaning to their short lives.
As you can imagine it is very melancholical and quite depressing, but is well acted and feels real despite the plot.
This review of Never Let Me Go (2010) was written by Ana B on 18 Oct 2011.
Never Let Me Go has generally received positive reviews.
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