The Future
User Score
5.9 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 28 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 28
  3. Negative: 6 out of 28

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  1. lancekoz
    Jan 14, 2012
    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
  2. MarcDoyle
    Aug 8, 2011
    2
    Most everyone seeing this movie in my theater (except me) was laughing at the movie. Not with it - AT it. I was too bored to laugh. Sure, it's a little cute, but it's a massive waste of time. There are better films to see. Go pay money for them. Even July's last film was far superior to, and more thought-provoking than, this one. I"m a little surprised that the critics were so intrigued by this film.… Expand
  3. frani
    Aug 25, 2011
    2
    What an awful flim. The most sympathetic character was by far the cat. I grew so tired of looking at Miranda July in her miniskirts in just about each and every scene. Any viewer with half a brain knew she was hopelessly insecure did we really need to watch her gracelessly flail about in her tights over and over again. The only redeeming factor in this film was the score and the soundtrack very good, rest of the fllm very bad.… Expand
  4. Ratters
    Jun 3, 2012
    0
    I spent the whole of this film waiting for this dopey couple to adopt the cat. I felt upset and angry when the cat was euthanised. I strongly feel that the whole issue of cats in shelters in America (and lets face it its a huge issue) was completely trivialised. I mean what was the point? Why would a director focus so much on the wait that this cat had? The same wait that thousands of cats have every day. Quite frankly I was sickened by this film.… Expand

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Metascore
67 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 28
  3. Negative: 1 out of 28
  1. Empire
    Reviewed by: David Hughes
    Oct 31, 2011
    80
    July's second film, while not quite as perfectly realised as her debut, nimbly avoids the 'sophomore slump', providing the curious with another window into her highly idiosyncratic world.
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  2. Arizona Republic
    Reviewed by: Bill Goodykoontz
    Aug 20, 2011
    80
    Some people will find Miranda July's film a poetic triumph, a meditation on responsibility and disappointment. Others will find it hopelessly pretentious, one of those movies only pointy-headed critics can abide. I found the film to be more of the former than the latter. Except when the cat talks.
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  3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Joe Williams
    Aug 19, 2011
    63
    July is a provocative and honorably independent filmmaker, but given the meager rewards of investing our time, The Future wasn't worth the wait.
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