Children of Men (2006) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	December 25, 2006 (Limited) January 5, 2007
On DVD:	March 27, 2007
Genre:	Sci-Fi, Action, Drama
Director:	Alfonso Cuarón
Writer:	David Arata, Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton
Cast:	Clive Owen, Julianne Moore
Studio:	Universal Pictures
Official site:	childrenofmen.net
Running Time:	114 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for strong violence, language, some drug use and brief nudity

"Children of Men" envisages a world one generation from now that has fallen into anarchy on the heels of an infertility defect in the population. The world's youngest citizen has just died at 18, and humankind is facing the likelihood of its own extinction.

Set against a backdrop of London torn apart by violence and warring nationalistic sects, "Children of Men" follows disillusioned bureaucrat Theo (Owen) as he becomes an unlikely champion of Earth's survival. When...

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January 1st, 2007. Leave it to this day, New Year's Day, for me to see what could be the best movie of 2006. Children of Men, the new movie from Alfonso Cuarón (Y Tu Mama Tambien and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), is sensational, a tour de force of drama, suspense, political commentary and even humor.

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