Never Let Me Go (2010)

It would be superfluous of me to ignore comparisons (both direct and tangential) to Kazuo Ishiguro's novel of the same name, which Mark Romanek's new film is based on. Yet, it should be noted that this is not a critique of the adaptation, but rather what Never Let Me Go the film could (and definitely should) have been.

This is the story of a love triangle, involving 3 people who are clones harvested for their organs. Their purpose in life is to give up their organs once they reach adulthood. By their 3rd or 4th donation, they "complete".

Izhiguro's novel is a marvel of science fiction - carefully and masterfully avoiding cliches, the story is told in a cunningly clever way, in which the rules and laws of this alternate reality are given in small breadcrumbs in a taut narrative. Ishiguro's language make this post and this writer red-faced with shame.