The organs of youth

Never Let Me Go (2010)

Based on the novel of the same name this adaptation from director Mark Romanek stars Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield. Three school friends grow up and come to terms with their relationships to each other and their roles in life.

It is a bit hard to talk about this film with out spoiling it but this is a really well made, haunting film that really captures a certain type of idyllic Britishness that oozes from the screen in contrast to the dystopian setting. There is a lot to like about this film beyond the execution and it looks at the ideas of mortality and what is to have a soul but by the end I was left wondering if the film ever really got to grips with the nature of it's setting as most of the focus is on the characters. The characters certainly inhabit a very dark world and there is something very British about the way they do not challenge the status quo despite the grim nature of their existence but I do find that slightly unbelievable.

5/5