Review of The Future (2011) by Lancekoz — 14 Jan 2012

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.