Review of The Future (2011) by Lisa Kennedy for Denver Post — 18 Aug 2011

What a strange, trippy, touching movie The Future is.

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This review of The Future (2011) was written by Lisa Kennedy and published by Denver Post on 18 Aug 2011.

The Future has generally received mixed reviews.

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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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