Over the weekend, PJ insisted that I watch one of his favorite movies from last year, Never Let Me Go, starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, and Andrew Garfield. The movie tells an alternate history narrative: a cure was discovered for all major illnesses, extending life expectancies to 100 years or more. The “cure” is creating human clones whose organs are harvested and used for “real” humans. Here’s the trailer:

Just about everyone I know loves this movie, and I skimmed the novel earlier this year just to see what they were all raving about. I have to say up front that this isn’t the kind of movie I generally like. I don’t films in which we’re made to sympathize with a character only to watch him or her inevitably move toward tragedy. It’s just not my cup of tea.

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