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67 out of 100

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6.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

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  • Summary: When Sophie and Jason 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. (Roadside Attractions)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 28
  3. Negative: 1 out of 28
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    Aug 3, 2011
    91
    As she did in her striking 2005 debut, "Me and You and Everyone We Know," July creates a fluid cinematic universe.
  2. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Joshua Rothkopf
    Jul 26, 2011
    60
    The mood of this movie will brew with you for a while, even if it swirls around characters who aren't quite persuasive.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Andrew Schenker
    Jul 24, 2011
    38
    Of all the vaguely philosophical, calculatedly left-of-center dialogue that peppers Miranda July's The Future, no line is more telling than the writer/director/star's late-film declaration, in the guise of her character Sophie, that "I'm saying okay to nothing."

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 3 out of 10
  1. AoKuroiRaccoon
    9
    A breathtaking and unbelievably innovating movie, truly some of the most creative and original storylines of modern cinema. Very philosophical, it will make you drop all of your ideas to the floor and rise them back up to the roof. All of this around an adorable love story that will make yourself question what love truly is. Inspires deep reflection and very mind blowing, a movie that will leave you thinking for days. Alongside with a very detailed artistic production, a story to remember.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. remm-
    5
    maybe i had really high expectations for it, but i kind of felt let down. i think the only character that i actually liked was the cat, and all the other jerk characters screwed that up too. it could have been a lot worse, and really i thought the first 20-30 minutes were great, but from there it was a slippery slope down.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. lancekoz
    3
    I liked 'You and Me' (prior film) pretty well, the kids were likable. This film starts out great and quietly warm and quirky and then derails into a sad, sad tale of adult characters who are doing nothing much except act badly in the face of a made-up deadline. The original idea started out quite funny, how could this thing have gone so wrong and needlessly humorless? This writer has obviously found quite a sympathetic audience since the user ratings here are high for a film that mainstream viewers will almost certainly abandon before it's finished. I am usually a fan of slow, quirky, indie films, but there has to be someone in there to like! I'll give it a 3 for an original opening premise and I like the actors, but otherwise, there is no there there.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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