"Children of Men" Could Have Been So Much Better

Instead, it’s a prophetic film that doesn't believe its own prophecy.

I haven’t been able to forget Children of Men since I saw it in theaters in 2006. A quick search reveals that the movie lives on in other peoples’ minds as well. As WoC contributor David Polansky explains in his essay below, the film is memorable because, with every passing year, it looks more and more prophetic.

And yet, Polansky argues, the movie has a fatal flaw: i…