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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Never Let Me Go (1:43) 2010

Here is a one word summary:  Huh? Never Let Me Go is based on a Ishiguro novel, a science fiction work about children whose purpose in life is to eventually be organ donors for ill people. The story starts in 1967 with three children, Kathy, Ruth and Tommy residing at a school in the remote English countryside. They have little contact with the outside world until they became teenagers. They eventually leave and are put on a list to begin making organ donations. The students know that they will make two or three donations until the completion and will die as young adults. The only hope they have is if a couple falls in love, the are given an extension for three to four years before they begin the donations. This is a somber movie, and it took my awhile to understand what was happening. Not having  read the book, I did know when or how the students were selected. There are other gaps in the background story. This movie is OK. The three actors, Carrie Mulligan, Andrew Garfield and Kiera Knightly are excellent.

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