Never Let Me Go (2010)

In the tradition of The Island and The Clonus Horror comes Never Let Me Go, a movie about cloned children raised from birth for the purpose of harvesting their matured organs later in life for the benefit of others. Based on a well regarded 2005 novel of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro, the story is lent an extra level of the surreal by setting it in an alternate England of the 1970's through 1990's, where raising children for the purpose of later killing them is surprisingly accepted. The story is basically an ill fated love triangle between Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield, and Carey Mulligan, as well as the actors who play them as children. Charlotte Rampling and Sally Hawkins have nice but small supporting parts. I'm sure this worked much better as a novel, its a very internal monologue type of story, and while the actors do a fine job, I had a hard time connecting with their characters. A worthy effort though. **1/2