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Living in the Future's Past

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Jeff Bridges, alongside prominent scientists and authors, offers this reflection on the environmental challenges facing the world today.
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John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter Oct 5, 2018
Unfortunately, it's pretty easy to react dismissively to this earnest film, which speaks to so many very smart, very thoughtful people it can hardly find room to let any of them talk for long. Go to Full Review Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI) Feb 20, 2019
2.5/4
"Living in the Future's Past" coalesces around an earnest and resonant message, especially as Bridges' gravelly voice urges us to do more than just "scratch the guilt itch" and make sustainable changes that feel authentic to our lives. Go to Full Review Film Threat Staff Film Threat Feb 20, 2019
5.5/10
In the end, Living in the Future's Past is quite conventional and presumably something we've already seen before, but it never hurts, especially as we are reaching the point of no return. Go to Full Review Jonathan W. Hickman Daily Film Fix Oct 8, 2018
8/10
The film is absolutely gorgeous, featuring an amazing collection of high resolution footage working in tandem with Bridges' rich narration. Not preachy, this didactic narrative does serve as a low key prayer for universal support for conservation. Go to Full Review Stephanie Archer Film Inquiry Oct 5, 2018
Living in the Future's Past does not challenge viewers with an overwhelming task of changing the world, but in changing ourselves. It asks us to look within and examine whether we confuse what we need with what we desire and vice versa. Go to Full Review Serena Donadoni L.A. Weekly Oct 4, 2018
The film presents arrogance as being as dangerous as greed, and it's with the soft smile of Hollywood irony that a grizzled actor reminds the audience that only you can prevent environmental disaster. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Mel C @RT05847134 Aug 20, 2023 They got all the facts right, but I'm surprised the milquetoast conclusion didn't include a commercial for an SUV. If this is Jeff Bridges vision for the future the human race will soon be extinct. See more May 2, 2020 Touches on many concepts but has no flow and jumps around, unfortunately it just seems poorly put together overall. Good concept for a doco like this and was really looking forward to it but failed to inspire me. See more Sep 23, 2019 I did not agree with everything presented in the movie, nor its taking pot shots at Trump, which everyone in Hollywood seems to have jumped onto this bandwagon. What the movie did point out is that the problem is too many people. This makes the case for Trump not wanting to allow overpopulation through allowing immigrants in who deliberately overpopulate. Islam can never be environmental because it promotes invasion and conquest through overpopulation and the movie points out that every person alive on the planet depletes the resources of the planet - that for a person to live, other living creatures must die, and the planet is further degraded. We are all interconnected to this planet and unless we put a stop to belief systems that deny and encourage overpopulation so their gene pool can dominate the planet, we are sunk. See more Aug 18, 2019 I think every lawmaker, every corporate CEO, needs to see this repeatedly until it permeates their skulls. See more Jul 30, 2019 Jeff Bridges and all those who worked hard to make this film need to be applauded. This was superb work! I always appreciate any piece that can open my mind even further and help me to think even deeper about our planet, our future, our existence, other species and how we are all together in this thing we call life. See more Jan 9, 2019 Not a great title since I can never remember it, but a great movie with a beautiful message and motivation. If every American got the message of this beautiful movie, all of our most serious problems would be solved. See more Read all reviews
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Susan Kucera

Director

Jeff Bridges

Narrator

Piers Sellers

Self

Wesley Clark

Self

Bruce Hood

Self

Leonard Mlodinow

Self

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Movie Info

Synopsis Jeff Bridges, alongside prominent scientists and authors, offers this reflection on the environmental challenges facing the world today.
Director
Susan Kucera
Producer
Jeff Bridges, Susan Kucera, Jim Swift
Distributor
Self Distributed
Production Co
Rangeland Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 5, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 6, 2018
Runtime
1h 23m
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