Reviews of The Future
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Elvia Francis
15Mar12
“The Future is, ironically enough, about the present and the longing for the future, rather than the future itself. One line that you’ll find in the trailer is when an old man tells Jason (played by Hamish Linklater), “It can be hard in the beginning.” To which Jason replies, “We didn’t have those kind of problems in the beginning.” And the old man says to him, “Well, the thing is you’re just… in the middle of the beginning, right now.”
Miranda July’s ‘Me and You and Everyone We Know’ was about the beginning of a relationship. ‘The Future’ is about the middle of the beginning."
Source: http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/enigma13_blog/archive/2011/08/13/the-future-movie-review.aspx
I had mixed reviews, while watching the film. However, after the film was over, I found that I really enjoyed the movie’s main/reoccurring theme as it bought a “sense of relief” to me… it’s only just the beginning! :) Definitely something I’ll take away…
Plus, I just absolutely adored the paws of Paw-Paw, Hamish Linklater, and Miranda July’s lovely artistic style!
- Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
MR. Universe
5Mar12
When a couple decides 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.
This film plays like a long form music video. It’s precious and cute, full of ideas that don’t seem to come to a full formation. First of all it is narrated by a cat.
I am a huge fan of Miranda July’s 1st film. Here it seems like she thought her audience would follow her. No matter what or the first film was a compromise this film is more purely her work and vision or she was just so much in a rush for a follow up she took a bunch of ideas and threw them together to see what it would look like.
This is a challenging work. It has a certain innocence while dealing with adult themes. That make the film off putting and strange as when you try to take it seriously it then goes for a more fantasy element . That at times comes from nowhere.
I like that it shows people trying to do good things for others that basically destroys their relationship. Then makes them question themselves and their true intentions. Especially when they aren’t as successful as they should be. There are good and funny scenes, here and there but with it’s short running time. I found it a chore to sit through more than anything else,
It’s an art film with limited style and I like Miranda July as a screen presence and as a filmmaker, but I will wait until she makes another film to be excited about her work again.
The best thing in this movie is Hamish Linklater who proves to be an adept leading man and a fascinating performer to watch.
Maybe the film has a message. I just didn’t get. Though it makes it’s intentions very clear
GRADE: D
- Currently 2.0/5 Stars.