I had no joy whatsoever watching this one.
The concept is ok, that is it,nothing more than that and still it is a little bit too close to Neo-Malthusianism; Moving along the film is ugly, it does not convince as a futuristic setting at all as it lacks in depth and detail; The streets are so foggy you cant see anything at all and the film barely even tries to convince you that this is a local characteristic not just a way to disguise how poorly designed this futuristic city really is. Even the museum is awful, there is a scene where a mother says she has been waiting in line for the museum for 4 years, how come one can stay in a museum line for 4 years and not have to work or anything like that, isn't the film supposed to be a dystopia of sorts? Which brings me to my next biggest complain, how can a world with that much trouble with overpopulation not also have a even bigger trouble with poverty and crime??? the film only shows us one or two instances of people denouncing each other for "extra ration tickets" but other than that we see nothing. No crime, no slums and not even homeless people.
I could go all day and still i wouldn't be finished describing how poorly written this was and that is not the only issue this one has either, no, far from it. The dialogues are shallow, there isn't one single slightly interesting character and the movie ending leaves a whole lot to be explained. Not good at all