Jacket: "Kathy (Carey Mulligan), Ruth (Kiera Knightly) and Tommy (Andrew Garfield) are best friends who grow up together at an English boarding school with a chilling secret. When they learn the shocking truth - that they are genetically engineered clones raised to be organ donors - they embrace their fleeting chance to live and love. Based on the acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day), Never Let Me Go is an intriguing exploration of hope and humanity."
It is a rare thing when a story shocks me. I had heard of the book and always meant to read it and as usual hadn't gotten around to it. What a mistake that was! This is a head-trip! The story felt so everyday until it folded over organically into the sci-fi realm. And I think that the simplicity of the story is what impressed me the most.
Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield play so well off each other's pain and angst of the unknown. The viewer can't help but feel their inner turmoil. And even though you know how this will end, you have a small glimmer of home that it could change. If only.
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