NEVER LET ME GO (2010)

My score 4/5

Some times when a movie is so strong and emotional you start to feel that you have become helpless, in the simple reason of not having an opportunity of being able to help the situation. The characters become so familiar and close to heart yet feel so far. Usually this type of emotional hype is seldom seeing in science fictions. Science fictions are mostly technology driven and they have less space for a truly close to reality plot or beautiful performances. But ‘Never Let Me Go’ is one of those wonderful pieces of science fiction which will make you forget that you are watching something which is almost not true but still cannot imagine that it’s not. 

The story starts to takes place in 1970’s in England in an orphanage. At least it looks that way at the beginning. Just like any orphanage there are rules, regulations and procedures to follow. The plot mainly concentrates on 3 children who live there; Kathy, Tommy and Ruth who are friends. When their age starts to blossom Kathy and Tommy starts to build up a relationship. At least that’s what they feel like but with the sudden intrusion of Ruth, Kathy falls back in Tommy’s life. 

 

In the mean time they realize their true meaning of existence which is that they are born and raised in order to harvest organs. Not knowing anything about the free world or any other form of life all they want to become good donors as they are trained and to be. All they know is that their life is short and soon they have to leave this place and start donating their organs until they are not usable any more. While Kathy becomes a carer who is a voluntary line of work which gets her some time before she starts donating, Tommy and Ruth all goes separate ways in their lives. But things start to change for them as adults when they finally meet again after years under very strange circumstances. For them love seems to be more important now than never but bound by regulations Kathy and Tommy struggles to find a way out. 

 What’s really great about this love story is that it’s different than any other I have seeing. With the wonderful performances of Carey Mulligan (Kathy), Andrew Garfield (Tommy) and Keira Knightley (Ruth) within a script with fewer words and more of emotionally driven acting, ‘Never Let Me Go’ is a very closely felt movie. Even though the movie is not labeled as a sci-fi in my point of view it perfectly fits there. And then yes the drama and romance perspective is completely there as well. 

By not having a fairy tale ending you may remember this to be one amazing drama that grips you from start to end. A must watch!

Genre: Drama, Romance, Science Fiction

Director: Mark Romanek

Writers: Kazuo Ishiguro (novel), Alex Garland (screenplay)

Stars: Keira Knighley , Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield