Talk:Never Let Me Go (2010 film)

Miss Lucy's departure
The article in current form says, "The following day this teacher is 'no longer working at Hailsham'. It is not revealed whether she was fired or if something more sinister happened to her."

I think it is a mistake to suspect any foul play in the disappearance of Miss Lucy. I have only seen the movie, not read the book, but clearly this is not Michael Crichton's "Coma": what goes on at Hailsham, and in the entire organ donation program, is clearly above board and an accepted national policy, not covert or underhanded. This reality is, in fact, what gives the story such power!

Aside from this fact, it should be considered a), that the students, once they come of age, are indeed fully informed of their "purpose" in life, and their inevitable fate, and b), that of all the institutions involved in the program, Hailsham was apparently the only one to question the ethics of the donor program.

FYI, I haven't made the edit because I haven't read the book. Convit (talk) 01:51, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Three points

 * 1) H is Cathy's full last name, not an initial and so doesn't take a period.
 * 2) While the children were tricked into never leaving school grounds with scary stories and lack of knowledge of the outside world, they weren’t physically detained as such.
 * 3) There's no indication that something sinister might have happened to Miss Lucy. They kicked her out, that's all. Slight  Smile  22:57, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Regarding your second point... what about those things they wore on their wrists, that beeped when they brushed them on that thing on the wall? Looked to me like they had some kind of electronic tracking things on them to keep track of them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.24.189.152 (talk) 03:30, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.24.189.152 (talk) 03:20, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

"Dystopian"? Really?
Maybe for the clones/donors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.1.244.52 (talk) 19:19, 6 March 2012 (UTC)


 * That's like saying that "Hunger Games" isn't dystopian except for the children who are forced to fight to the death. Both novels portray a society where a class of innocent people are deprived of their human rights for the convenience of the rulers.  That's dystopian.  2001:558:6011:1:E406:4A65:5CD1:785C (talk) 14:33, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Does all Fiction have to be Science Fiction?
There's barely a drop of Science in this film. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FCC8:9361:2200:E035:AED0:ED87:453F (talk) 03:35, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi there, talk pages are used to discuss about how to improve articles. It's not a forum where you can discuss details about the topic. You can ask reference desk if you have any questions regarding a topic. Best-- Chamith   (talk)  04:04, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
 * It's set in a kind of alternate world, and since the world is plausible I guess that makes it science fiction rather than fantasy. For me, it seemed that the story of clones was just a plot device to speed up the characters' lives, and the movie was basically about relationships. What if you were young and in love with somebody, but concluded that they didn't want you. Then years later you meet them again and they say how much they were in love with you too? But by then it's too late, you are nearly dead from old age. Tangerine Cossack (talk) 09:28, 7 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Science Fiction writer Isaac Asimov defined science fiction as a genre focusing on scientific/technological changes and their effects on society. Yes, it's science fiction.   2001:558:6011:1:E406:4A65:5CD1:785C (talk) 14:33, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Lead Fails to summarize the film
The lead of this article does not summarize the film, and the plot is so long I could not grasp what the film was about. --Inayity (talk) 14:51, 3 May 2015 (UTC)