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Here's what you should do: Go online. Look up the showtimes for Children of Men. Pick one. Call up a group of friends. Watch the movie. This is a bleak, brutal, violent, unflinching, and above all human motion picture that also happens to be a directorial tour de force. From the startling opening which depicts a cafe bombing and a single, dazed woman stumbling out with her severed arm to the stunning final action scene where buildings explode and blood splatters on the camera lens - all in a nine-minute uninterrupted take, this is simply one of the best, most visceral theater experiences I've had in months. We need more directors like Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien) taking on big-budget scripts like this.
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