What if you mixed a merchant ivory film with a sci-fi film? What if Jane Austin had written Logan’s Run? Never Let Me Go is what you would probably get. Based on the popular novel, Never Let Me Go explores topics of love, life and the importance of both.Writing this review roughly 30 minutes before turning 30 makes me appreciate the fact that I live in the real world and not the world presented in this film. Starring Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield and Keira Knightley this film follows three students of the Hailshem School through the three phases of their short lives. The world they live in is much like our own with the exception that it has followed a different scientific route. I am trying to keep as much of the film secret as possible as I feel it works better not knowing exactly where it is going on, however you will know within a few minutes of starting it the direction it is taking.
Never Let Me Go is mostly focused on the love triangle involving the three main characters as they battle for not just their hearts but their very survival. The film is beautiful, haunting, sad and incredibly acute in it’s analysis of our life.
The strongest aspect of the film (other than an amazingly tight script) is the performances of its three central leads. Carey Mulligan is perfectly vulnerable, wise and honest in the main role. Andrew Garfield who I had only previously seen in The Social Network is outstanding in this movie. After seeing him in the Fincher film I thought he was an adequate actor. After this, I think he is going to be a serious player in the future of film. Some of the emotions he hits are very raw and real and done with seeming ease. Rounding out the threesome is Keira Knightley, an actress I previously thought of as cute and serviceable in easy roles. I was very impressed by her work this time .She revealed range I previously thought unreachable for her.
This movie is moving and thought provoking. Director Mark Romanek has crafted a movie I look forward to revisiting very soon. It is perfect for a couple who wants a little romance and a little something different.
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