Directed by Mark Romanek Written by Kazuo Ishiguro   Alex Garland   Cast Carey Mulligan ... Kathy Andrew Garfield ... Tommy Izzy Meikle-Small ... Young Kathy (as Isobel Meikle-Small) Charlie Rowe ... Young Tommy Ella Purnell ... Young Ruth Charlotte Rampling ... Miss Emily Sally Hawkins ... Miss Lucy Kate Bowes Renna ... Miss Geraldine Hannah Sharp ... Amanda Christina Carrafiell ... Laura Oliver Parsons ... Arthur Luke Bryant ... David Fidelis Morgan ... Matron Damien Thomas ... Doctor Nathalie Richard ... Madame Huggy Leaver ... Delivery Man 1 Charles Cork ... Delivery Man 2 Sylvie Macdonald ... Bumper Crop Girl Keira Knightley ... Ruth David Sterne ... Keffers Andrea Riseborough ... Chrissie Domhnall Gleeson ... Rodney Kate Sissons ... Sitcom Girl Amy Lennox ... Sitcom Girl Anna-Maria Everett ... Waitress John Gillespie ... Male Office Worker Rachel Boss ... Female Office Worker Lydia Wilson ... Hannah Monica Dolan ... Nurse Chidi Chickwe ... George Uncredited Cast Harvey Allpress   Beverley Beck ... Passer By Alfie Fitch ... Student George Formby ... Self (archive footage) Caroline Garnell ... Chief Guardian Bronwen Sharp ... New Graduate Produced by Alex Garland   Richard Hewitt   Kazuo Ishiguro   Andrew Macdonald   Allon Reich   Tessa Ross   Joanne Smith   Original Music by Rachel Portman

Additional Info Premiere: September 03, 2010 Theatrical Release: September 15, 2010 DVD Release: February 01, 2011 Blu-ray Release: February 01, 2011 Country: Distributor: Fox Searchlight Websites: Production Companies DNA Films (presents) Film4 (presents) Searchlight Films Distributors Twentieth Century Fox   (2010) (World-wide) (all media) Searchlight Pictures   (2010) (USA) (theatrical) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.1 / 10 Our Rating 5.7 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.8 / 10 Female Users 5.0 / 10 Site Ranking #1,209 / 20,886 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 1 total rating Average 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,205 Brüno (2009) #1,206 Turning Red (2022) #1,207 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) #1,208 The Mule (2018) #1,209 Never Let Me Go (2010) #1,210 Saltburn (2023) #1,211 Creed II (2018) #1,212 The Visit (2015) #1,213 Alice In Wonderland (1951)