Children Of Men Discussion Questions

Questions:

What message does this film relay about immigration and xenophobia?
What effect does Cuarón’s use of long takes have in the scenes where this filming technique is used?
How plausible is the future world depicted in Children of Men?
How has the lack of children changed society?
What role does religion play in the film?
Luke is consistently portrayed as the "bad guy" throughout the film. Is he sincerely a bad person? Why or why not?
How was a totalitarian government able to emerge in the wake of the infertility crisis in Britain?
How does Kee develop over the course of the film?
How does Theo develop over the course of the film?


Answers:

If we don’t change the things that are wrong now(at the moment) then it’s going to get worse.
It makes the audience feel like the film realistic and more like a documentary.
It is very plausible in terms of the immigration situation that is currently happening in our world today but the women becoming infertile is very unlikely to happen.
Everyone is unhappy because children are a source of happiness and the uncertainty of the future because there is no one to pass on the knowledge.
The religion is a big role because some people thinks that it is God’s wrath that causes the infertility of women.
He’s not entirely a bad guy but because he has a different beliefs he thinks that he is doing the right thing.
Because of the infertility of the women there is a worldwide panic enabling a totalitarian government to emerge.
She started of being mean to Theo but during the film she started to trust Theo and others that tries to help her.
At the start of the film Theo doesn’t care about anything like politics and what’s happening in the world but after Jullian died and learned about kee pregnancy his view of the world changed. He became hopeful of the future.