Children of Men (R)

I stayed awake!

The brit brought it home a bit concerned that I'd find it too science-fictiony, an event we've experienced more than once with his movie picks. This is good, though. The future is here and it's grim and barren. Along comes a wee miracle and it's up to the good Mr. Clive Owen to take care of that miracle.

Somebody told G that the action starts at the :30 minute mark and they were right. Watch out for that! And, Annie, you might get a kick out of the scene around 1:22 (I think that was it) ... you know, because of May 20 and all of that.

4.5 asking my husband "what did that funny English person just say?" out of 5