The Future
In this cat-narrated film (...) Sophie (July) and her boyfriend Jason (Linklater) are adopting an elderly cat that will need constant care, and decide to use their last remaining month of freedom to break out of their humdrum lives. Now in their mid-30s, neither has achieved any grand dream of life.
(...) Linklater and July are perfectly matched. It doesn't hurt that they are physically similar, as though they embody a generic entity that is lost in today's western culture. Their contrasts are not simply male/female, but two different reactions to their strange situation. You want to slap Sophie, and hug Jason, or vice versa, frequently throughout the film. Between Linklater's deadpan delivery and July's earnestness, you can't imagine the two of them apart.
When the story introduces a bit of magic realism, it doesn't feel out of place. (...) Jason and Sophie are good, if aimless, people, and their strangeness is one that most of us experience.
(...) The Future is sublime and quirky, and July's work as a filmmaker continues to grow in strength and originality.
Todd Brown, Twitch
Duration: 91 min
Dialogue: English
Age limit: K7
