It's another quirky indie drama with minimal surrealism. It's cute but forgettable. The film's first half or so is quite boring but it kicks off around the second half. What's more interesting about the film is the dream like surrealism, the plot it's self is just mid life crisis drama but the bizarre and astounding dream sequences are really what makes the film entertaining. The scene with the "shirt dance" for example is very simple but quite moving. Also the…

Watched as part of Cinebro's '100 Movies' Challenge

Way to make me look like a fucking moron Miranda July. Just this morning I wrote a lengthy review gabbling about how much I love July's unique style and the strength of her vision, and then I watch her second film and find myself bored, frustrated and annoyed. Everything that I loved in Me, You and Everyone We Know is completely gone here, and I'm struggling how to describe it succinctly. While…

After the unexpected charms of the edgy 'Me and You and Everyone We Know,' Miranda July went off the deep end, employing too much 'magic' in her magical realism. Most of what makes 'The Future' a disappointment comes from knowing how much better her previous work was. One has to wonder if this was meant to be a direct sequel, July instead changing the details and tone because of how John Hawkes chose not to return because the script looked…

The first seasons of the NBC version of The Office had a way of making you feel awkward, yet being funny.

The Future is funny, yet makes you feel awkward.

It's a bit unsettling, like sitting across from someone on the subway who won't stop staring at you. But that's bad. It's challenging. It instantly makes you look in your mirror and wonder why they were staring.

The Future is clever. The cat narrator is fun, but the cat's narration…

I was looking forward to Miranda July's second outing as a writer/director. People either seemed to love or hate Me and You and Everyone We Know. If you are one of the ones who hated it, then The Future is definitely not a movie to you. It seems like she tried to recapture the magic and quirkiness that made her first film so great, but fell flat with unlikeable characters and a lack of a compelling story line. I found…