Never Let Me Go

Released: 2010
Drama, Sci-fi
Director: Mark Romanek
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield
Rated: R for partial nudity
Running Time: 103 minutes

The breakdown:  Based on the book by Kazuo Ishiguro, this film is a downer, so you have to be in the mood for it.

So there's not a lot I can tell you about this film without ruining it for you.  I can give you the notes I read from the quick summary for the film though:
Three people's stories are told as they start out in what looks like an idyllic English boarding school, but have to prepare what awaits all three of them in their early 20's.

This is a science fiction distopian story as well as an alternate history drama because it starts off with a caption at the beginning of the film that says a medical breakthrough has happened in 1952 that makes the human lifespan over 100 years old.

The movie mostly starts with the kids in their school in the late 1970's and follows them into their late 20's around the mid-1990's.  There's Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy.

Kathy likes Tommy even though most other kids just make fun of him and tease him.  Kathy and Ruth are good friends.  The three kids could not be closer as they grow up in this school and eventually get transferred together to a place called The Cottages when they are all 18.  Problem is, Ruth goes after Tommy when they are very young for a relationship and it turns sexual when they enter The Cottages.  This puts a strain on everyone and things are no longer comfortable between the three people.

I just can't say much more...it's a good movie, not great, and certainly not a pick me up or feel good movie, so you have to be in the mood to watch it.
The only problem I had with performances is Garfield.  I think he was a bit out of his range in this movie and wasn't convincing enough, but the two ladies did very well.

I give it a 3 1/2 out of 5 for a strained performance from Garfield and an overall depressing storyline.  I could not watch this movie again, simply because of it's tone, not that it's not good.