Never Let Me Go

2010 • 103 minutes

About this movie

Academy Award® nominees Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley, co-star with talented newcomer Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) in this poignant and powerful film. Kathy (Mulligan), Ruth (Knightley) and Tommy (Garfield) are best friends who grow up together at an English boarding school with a chilling secret. When they learn the shocking truth 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.

Ratings and reviews

Slow. Characters with no hope. Sci-fi that never thrilled. Audience ends up having no hope. So depressing. HUMANITY? There was hardly even a hint of HUMANITY in this movie. (I even think Carey Mulligan is an amazing actress! -loved her in "Far From the Madding Crowd".) This movie though...was a waste of time and money!!

Felt kinda long, to be honest. In the beginning, I was hooked. Gradually as the film progressed I lost interest. I mainly watched this film since I am working on a project similar to this film. This film is a one-time watch for me but I am glad a film like this was made since the idea of it was extremely interesting.

Please do yourself a favor and read the book either before our after. It is a much different and better story. The movie is great on its own however.