Sunday, 16 September 2012

Never Let Me Go - review


Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go tells the story of 3 friends who have grown up together and all attend an English boarding school. One day they are told by their teacher that they won’t lead normal lives and that they have been created to become ‘donors’. Throughout their short lives they will donate vital organs to seriously ill patients until they ‘complete’ (die) and there are no exceptions.

As the friends grow up & learn to adjust to this revelation, they begin to mix with other donors who have had limited contact with the outside world and learn about a deferral which could delay the donation process.  If 2 people can prove they are in love they can defer donation for a few years, but with a strong bond between the 3 friends, how can they decide which 2 could apply?

Starring Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan & Andrew Garfield, I found this film quite strange as I tried to keep up with what was happening, but I did enjoy it. It was nice to be able to recognise some of the locations as a few of the scenes were filmed in Weston-super-Mare & Clevedon (near where I live), but now that I know how the film ends, I wouldn’t watch it again.

Worth a one off watch.

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