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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 10 Aug 2011

A meditation on mortality, on loneliness, on the way technology and narcissism have intersected to create a fascinating monster, The Future…

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By Shawn Levy (1,238) for Oregonian (1,550) on 10 Aug 2011

The art of Miranda July, the former Portlander and hyphenate extraordinaire, balances on the edge of the cunning and the precious, of depth…

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By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shared Darkness (279) on 07 Aug 2011

Seeded in equal measure with playfulness and poignancy, The Future is a reflection on the accumulated burdens of generational anxiety, as filtered…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for New Yorker (1,403) on 07 Aug 2011

The movie, which Miranda July wrote and directed, is pretty sharp, not to say acidic, on the silliness of good intentions, but she also takes…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 06 Aug 2011

A talking cat and moon and a restless T-shirt distract from the story, creating what July intends as interesting textures but instead come…

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By Liz Braun (961) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 04 Aug 2011

Offbeat, clever and filled with strange little narrative touches, The Future is often just as irritating as it is mesmerizing…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 04 Aug 2011

For all the superficial hilarity of July's approach, a much sadder streak runs deep through the entire film, reinforced by Jon Brion's score…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 03 Aug 2011

What does The Future hold? Wonders, each of them weirder and more unnerving than the last…

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By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 03 Aug 2011

This is worth seeing, but only if you think you can tolerate the precious voice-over narration from the couple's wounded cat, delivered by…

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By Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 03 Aug 2011

It can definitely grate on your nerves but, at best, it also gets into your mind, and sticks fast…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 03 Aug 2011

This sense of unruly behavior is mitigated, deliberately, by the gentleness and odd comic grace of July's presence and voice…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 03 Aug 2011

Halfway into this film, I wanted to smack the mopey bohemian couple played by July and Hamish Linklater; by the end, I realized the director…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 03 Aug 2011

I find her movies passively amusing, but not particularly deep or memorable…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 03 Aug 2011

On the surface, this film is an enchanting meditation. At its core is the hard steel of individuality…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 02 Aug 2011

As she did in her striking 2005 debut, Me and You and Everyone We Know, July creates a fluid cinematic universe…

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By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 02 Aug 2011

The cat keeps one engaged until July's initially twee-seeming sensibility coalesces into a genuine, if peculiar, mood of tragedy…

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By Jake Coyle (526) for Associated Press (1,685) on 02 Aug 2011

July, with her Chaplin eyes, perhaps knows too well how to play earnest and smart…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 31 Jul 2011

Falls victim to self-indulgence now and again, yes, but there is also an empathy Miranda July exhibits toward all her on-screen creations that…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 28 Jul 2011

Sometimes these characters say things worth hearing…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 28 Jul 2011

The whole film is so determinedly different it makes the sticky-sweet bits a little easier to bear…

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