How I Live Now Reviews

Futuristic nightmare, cousin from US meets rural english cousins, all fed with corny feeling and some action. Overrated MacDonald.

This was a bit strange if you ask me. The romance was a bit unusual and creepy to me. That being sad I actually really liked this movie. The cast isn't well known besides Saoirse Ronan who is really making a name for herself and Anna Chancellor. It was gripping and visually stunning. I am a sucker for a good war movie. The plot was interesting and keeps you locked in from beginning to end. It is somewhat reminiscent to Red Dawn or "Tomorrow, When the War Began", but it focuses more on a small family rather than a group of friends battling the enemies. It is also a what if scenario of World War III. A pretty cool idea and makes you wonder about some things. Kevin Macdonald is a really good director and if you haven't seen it you should check out The Last King of Scotland although be prepared for the sick brutality of it. Anyways this is a must see in my opinion. It is truly an intriguing piece of storytelling and makes you wonder.

I think it's become a habit for me to misunderstand people from the movie poster. Till I watch this movie I thought it was Noomi Rapace then realised I was wrong. I saw all of Saoirse Ronan movies and liked everyone. In my thought she is nothing but a female version of Freddie Highmore. Because I love all of his movies like hers. They are the great young actors, the future is waiting for them.

This British movie was based on the book. The story is set in the backdrop of the third world war United Kingdom. Where an American teenage girl sent to the English countryside by her father, where she get stuck in middle of the modern war. Begins her game of survival along with her young cousins. Between this her first ever love makes her to take tough decisions during hard times.

If you had seen 'Lore' you would find some similarities with the story. Especially the second half of this movie was somehow resembled that movie. Maybe the main character, the teen girls from both the movies makes us bluff. Only the foot journey was similar in appearance, but the rest was travelled in different directions.

The love story did not stand up to the standards of true love. Looked like young people's sexual expedition, especially like the first experience in life for them. Should have spent more time for those two characters to develop romantic relationship between them to convince the viewers. The movie captured great countryside green sceneries of England. That keeps us to stick with this till the end.

7.5/10