
Perhaps budget restraints have meant the necessity for the movie’s slow roll out. The novel was published in 2005; shooting started in April 2009; the film was shown at festivals last summer; and released in the US in the autumn.
Its stars Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, and Keira Knightley – and director Mark Romanek – have banged the drum for the film repeatedly over the best part of nine months.
There can be few people in the UK who see the movie not already aware of the twist (which I won't reveal here). Clearly those that have read the book will not be deterred but the element of surprise would have been welcomed by those such as me who haven’t read it.
I understand although set in a dystopian England, the movie isn’t an out-and-out Logan’s Run for our time but rather a melancholic celebration of love and humanity. But it would have been nice to have come to the film with an open mind rather than have the thought floating around in my head that some reviewers have asked – why don’t our heroes resist their fate?
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