The Future

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The Future

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2011

1h 31m

Drama

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In Los Angeles, longtime lovers (Hamish Linklater, Miranda July) make radical changes in their lives after deciding to adopt a sickly stray cat.

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

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

08/31/2018

Didn't get it. Might have got it if I'd concentrated more, but I lost the will. Readers, I'm not proud of this, but will say it anyhow: I was baffled.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

01/27/2012

2.5/4

July is a filmmaker of distinct imagination and whimsy, and while there is a great deal on her mind and a ton she wants to say her delivery of it all, in my opinion at least, still leaves a bit of something to be desired.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

11/04/2011

2/5

You end up feeling sorry for the cat but not for Sophie and Jason, who seem unable to deal with life, love or, in fact, anything.

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Jan 30

[Packs] quite a wallop as she explores not only the possible dissolution of a relationship, but also the entire nature of time itself.

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Jason Adams

My New Plaid Pants

01/14/2022

Somehow there is narration by a cat wearing a little cast on its leg and it is a beautiful and a heartbreaking thing

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Jordan M. Smith

IONCINEMA.com

11/19/2020

3/5

The Future doesn't escape its shortcomings, but it is a surreal success non-the-less. July remains an indie icon, fearlessly pursuing her own visions.

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Jim P

@RT08384096 Nov 15

Turn on your brain and go on a quirky trip through philosophy! What's the meaning of life!?

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isla s

@RT89656869 09/04/2022

This is yet another quirky/weird indie film that I felt I didn't really 'get' at all. I wasn't especially bothered about (or interested in) the characters and I didn't feel compelled to keep watching, although there is something mildly intriguing about it at times. It features sort of space-y type music which leads me to believe that the film was made with hopes of being regarded as some sort of art-y symbolic film but it doesn't work for me. Plus, what is it with the distorted, almost sort of trippy-ish, the voice of a talking cat - what's that all about?!. Suffice to say, I can't say I felt entertained by it and I wouldn't recommend it, no.

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07/29/2020

Miranda July's idiosyncrasies and quirkiness are not quite enough to float this meandering movie about ... two characters meandering around trying to find meaning and not finding it. Johnny C had to bail. I gotta go.

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03/11/2020

funny for a certain type of person, that person is not me.

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11/30/2019

I hated this movie. If you hated Weiner Dog, you will probably hate this movie even more like my husband and I did. I thought it was going to be a sweet, quirky movie about a cat who wonderfully changes a couple's lives. No, it is like the feel bad movie of the century. Plus, there are so many moments where nothing is happening; people are shuffling around.

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01/28/2018

This is the kind of arthouse film that makes one want to stick needles in their eyes.

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Synopsis

In Los Angeles, longtime lovers (Hamish Linklater, Miranda July) make radical changes in their lives after deciding to adopt a sickly stray cat.

Director: Miranda July
Producer: Gina Kwon, Roman Paul, Gerhard Meixner
Screenwriter: Miranda July
Distributor: Roadside Attractions
Production Co: GNK
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 29, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 29, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $568.4K
Runtime: 1h 31m

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