It's a heartbreaking, bullet-strewn valentine to what keeps us human.

...Cuaron and Owen get the scent of fear and death, and nobody does anything that is particularly impossible.

...Cuarón has achieved something tremendous, and his take on the action genre rivals that of Paul Greengrass in terms of invigoration.

Som tankevækkende katastrofefilm uden en fysisk katastrofe er 'Children of Men' en ualmindelig tilfredsstillende oplevelse.

It's a heartbreaking, bullet-strewn valentine to what keeps us human.