| 1 | * AcclaimedFlop: This was a well-reviewed, much-enjoyed movie... which didn't do so hot at the box office. |
| 2 | * ActorInspiredElement: Clive Owen actually contributed a lot to the final draft of the script, providing Alfonso Cuaron with some insights. |
| 3 | * ApprovalOfGod: The author of the novel loved the finished film and even made a cameo at the beginning. |
| 4 | * BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $76 million. Gross, $70 million. In spite of great reviews, opening in late December to be an awards contender caused such a bleak film to be slaughtered by family-friendly fare, and the studio not being sure on how to market it didn't help matters. |
| 5 | * CameraAbuse: Used frequently to add to the gritty visual style. For the last EpicTrackingShot featured in the film the production crew had a perfect take, only to notice that blood had spattered on the lens. The cinematographer convinced the director to [[ThrowItIn use the take anyway]]. |
| 6 | * TheDanza: Almost: Creator/JulianneMoore as "Julian." |
| 7 | * DuelingMovies: With ''Film/VForVendetta'': both social sci-fi adaptations of British fictional works set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture under repressive regimes. ''Children of Men'' did garner better reviews and even a couple Oscar nominations. |
| 8 | * FakeNationality: |
| 9 | ** Nigel, a Briton like most of the characters, is played by American actor Danny Huston. |
| 10 | ** Possibly. Marichka is played by Romanian actress Oana Pellea and her lines are all in Romanian - but those are mostly ad-libbed. The name Marichka is Russian, so she's likely meant to be Russian. |
| 11 | * SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Alfonso Cuarón was attached to the movie in 2001, and took a while to actually start production, even making [[Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban another movie]] in-between. |
| 12 | * ShrugOfGod: It's been stated that the ending was deliberately designed to appear to be either a hopeful or DownerEnding, depending wholly on where you lie on the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism. |
| 13 | * ThrowItIn: The scene where blood splashes on the lens? Alfonso Cuaron actually called "cut" when that happened, but his voice was drowned out by the explosions. The cinematographer loved the shot and convinced him to leave it in. |
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