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The Future (2011)

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Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 102
Fresh: 73 | Rotten: 29

A dark and whimsical exploration of human existence that challenges viewers as much as it rewards them.

79

Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 7

A dark and whimsical exploration of human existence that challenges viewers as much as it rewards them.

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Average Rating: 3.2/5
User Ratings: 3,648

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When Sophie (Miranda July) and Jason (Hamish Linklater) decide to adopt a stray cat, their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves. -- (C) Official Site

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Drama, Comedy

Miranda July

Nov 29, 2011

$0.6M

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All Critics (107) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (73) | Rotten (29)

Not a crowd-pleaser by any measure, but a mature, bold and recklessly inquisitive film, however unpleasant it is to consume in the moment.

November 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Time Out
David Jenkins
Time Out
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Miranda July may be a bit too weird for her own good. On the other hand, it is a glorious weird.

September 2, 2011 Full Review Source: Detroit News
Tom Long
Detroit News
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Provides plenty of material for July junkies as well as July detractors.

August 25, 2011 Full Review Source: Seattle Times
John Hartl
Seattle Times
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What a strange, trippy, touching movie The Future is.

August 19, 2011 Full Review Source: Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post
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At times - not all the time, just enough to notice - July gets it backward.

August 18, 2011 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Miranda July's second feature is beguiling, quietly funny and finally very sad in a way that sneaks up on you before becoming clear as the Los Angeles skies beneath which it's set.

August 18, 2011 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News
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Parece apenas interessado em lançar o meme dos "Lolcatz" como gênero cinematográfico.

April 25, 2013 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Miranda July takes the twee and cute thing WAY too far this time

January 10, 2013 Full Review Source: McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Roger Moore
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
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Another eccentric film from director, performer, and actress Miranda July. That's the nicest thing I can say about this film without getting clouded in debate, because for all the impressive and interesting aspects of this film, it is painfully uneven. As a test of cinema, of the ideals behind getting to the middle road of one's life and not liking where you are it was great conceptually. You have a couple in their thirties, both happy to be together, but disinterested with their outcomes in life. They have one month before they adopt a damaged cat from a shelter (a decision that is never explained or warranted) to do whatever they want. For some reason they both quit their jobs and try falling into habits and causes. It doesn't come easy, and they both drift apart, which is something I generally like about the film. I love that they try to explore the world around them and actually make an effort in changing themselves and find that only trying without passion, or experiencing the world isn't the thrill ride they expected. What I ended up having problems with were the choices made to wrap up the existential conflicts that both characters evidently come to. Instead of really speaking about what happens after the bubble bursts, July goes very formulaic by breaking them apart and developing a side relationship, which was intentionally uncomfortable but also clichéd. The flighty, dispassionate artistry to some of the dialogue is distracting, as is a puppet cat. The cat tells the story of how they adopted it and would be coming back, which happens intermittently in most annoying way possible. I did like the very end of the cat and how it told of how it was unloved but always waiting. Still, this film left me exhausted and annoyed without any explanation for why it did what it did. July needs to not make commercial films and make films that speak to human nature preferably.
May 16, 2011
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Spencer S.

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The apprehension of responsibility and the subconscious realisation that maturity is long over due. The sort of thing that can drive you mad really. Of course, when you apply the art of movement and the ability to stop time in there and have the whole thing narrated by a Cat it can only be a good thing right? You will either tick 'Totally agree' or 'Totally disagree' but neither is wrong. I liked it, especially the talking Cat.
May 8, 2012
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Anthony Lawrie

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The Future Quotes

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    1. Sophie: I always want to follow the news, but then I'm so far behind, and now its just like, what's the point?
    – Submitted by Abby O (4 months ago)
    1. Jason: If it's gonna work out could you just give me a little indication?
    2. Joe The Moon: I don't know anything. I'm just a rock in the sky.
    – Submitted by Thomas Z (8 months ago)
    1. Jason: Do you think if I move my hand it would be morning by now?
    2. Joe The Moon: Morning? It would be Friday.
    3. Jason: What?
    4. Joe The Moon: It has been 3:14 for days now.
    – Submitted by Facebook U (11 months ago)
    1. Jason: Everything must look so familiar to you. It must feel like you are coming back to the place that you loved. It must be nice. But it's gone, by the way. This is a totally new land now.
    2. Sophie: Okay.
    – Submitted by Facebook U (11 months ago)
    1. Sophie: I wish I was just one notch prettier. I'm right on the edge, you know? Where it's up to each person to decide for themselves. I have to make my case with each new person.
    – Submitted by Kayla D (11 months ago)
    1. Jason: Well, you know how...how like in the cartoons, when the building gets hit with the wrecking ball, right before the building falls down, there's always like this moment where it's perfectly still, right before it collapses? We're in that moment. The wrecking ball has already hit all of this, and this is just the moment before it all falls down.
    – Submitted by elif e (16 months ago)

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