Best Film of 2006

January 6, 2007 at 5:05 pm Leave a comment

Children of Men, the latest film from director Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien) is my run away choice for best picture of 2006. Cuaron has created a futuristic dystopian masterwork ranking along side the likes of Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange and Terry Gilliam’s Brazil. I won’t bore you with a synopsis of the film, you can get that from a million Internet sources, but I will say that I have not been this moved by a film in a long time. Cuaron’s vision of the world in the year 2027 is a disturbing, logical extension of historic atrocities and the horrors of present day society. With a stellar cast including Clive Owen, Jullian Moore and a brilliant Michael Caine, this film will provoke, inspire and scare you all at the same time. Bravo!